Clarkson for PM

[la gran siete]

The medias own version of Alf Garnet with a public school accent seems to have quite a strong following. On Facebooks "Jeremy Clarkson should be Prime minister" numbers are 250k + believing him to be rightHitlers Brown shirts I asked myself?although I sometimes find him amusing I cannot stop feeling there is something rather insidious about him. Anyway here is my reply to his manifesto

1) yes of course lets encourage global warming and watch half the world submerge in water
2)abolish cricket one of the worlds fines team sports? ******!
3) end the special relationship - the one that has kept us free from communism and helped us win 2 world wars. Very clever that- not!I am not a great fan of the US but I am not stupid either
4)Ban health and safety . oh god it gets worse doesnt it. Years and years of striving to make the work place safer undone by an idiot
6)Remove speed cameras . I have a better idea lets make all cars so they cannot go faster than 80 mph and anyone caught speeding should be forced to run stark bollock naked on a major rd for a mile
9) bring back the stocks. yes I agree and let him test them out for a month. I'll be the first in the queue to chuck tomatoes at him.
10) end recycling, what a pillock!What with finite resources and a huge dumpsite problem the more I think about this cretin the more I'd like to see him perched in a rubbish tip.
13) ban diesel cars, actually no make all cars LPG and diesel until cleaner more fuel efficient alternatives can be found
14) end human rights. O f course humans shouldnt have rights , only property and wealth should have them.How's the wrist action Jeremy?
16)freedom to smoke - in your own cars fine Jerry But i like to breath fresh air myself
17) British independence- welcome to the new world you neolithic Little Englander
19) cyclists can be annoying but not as much as an twathead rampaging around in various gas guzzling carbuncles.
20) public executions - Are you first in the line to face the firing squad Jerry? oh good!

[RMCF]

I actually like Clarkson, mainly because he is quite funny at times. I do agree with some of the things he says on Grumpy Old Men, but I think he says a lot of stuff just to make a name for himself and get cheap laughs, whilst not actually believing it himself.

[Moosh]

I think he's a

However, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7174760.stm did bring a smile.

Cheers
Moosh

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by mmahmed

I think he's a

However, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7174760.stm did bring a smile.

Cheers
Moosh

Hoist by his own petard the arrogant twit

[Setenza]

Originally Posted by la gran siete

The medias own version of Alf Garnet with a public school accent seems to have quite a strong following. On Facebooks "Jeremy Clarkson should be Prime minister" numbers are 250k + believing him to be rightHitlers Brown shirts I asked myself?although I sometimes find him amusing I cannot stop feeling there is something rather insidious about him. Anyway here is my reply to his manifesto

1) yes of course lets encourage global warming and watch half the world submerge in water
2)abolish cricket one of the worlds fines team sports? ******!
3) end the special relationship - the one that has kept us free from communism and helped us win 2 world wars. Very clever that- not!I am not a great fan of the us but I am not stupid either
4)Ban health and safety . oh god it gets worse doesnt it. Years and years of striving to make the work place safer undone by an idiot
6)Remove speed cameras . I have a better idea lets make all cars so they cannot go faster than 80 mph and anyone caught speeding should be forced to run stark bollock naked on a major rd for a mile
9) bring back the stocks. yes I agree and let him test them out for a month. I'll be the first in the queue to chuck tomatoes at him.
10) end recycling, what a pillock!What with finite resources and a huge dumpsite problem the more I think about this cretin the more I'd like to see him perched in a rubbish tip.
13) ban diesel cars, actually no make all cars LPG and diesel until cleaner more fuel efficient alternatives can be found
14) end human rights. O f course humans shouldnt have rights , only property and wealth should have them.How's the wrist action Jeremy?
16)freedom to smoke - in your own cars fine Jerry But i like to breath fresh air myself
17) British independence- welcome to the new world you neolithic Little Englander
19) cyclists can be annoying but not as much as an twathead rampaging around in various gas guzzling carbuncles.
20) public executions - Are you first in the line to face the firing squad Jerry? oh good!

And someone could easily list all JC's points and answer them in the affirmative.

There is no right or wrong here. It's about public opinion.

Joe Public like JC co's to a lot of them, he speaks how they feel. He hates petty bureaucrats, and the perceived PC brigade. He feels that certain issues such as recycling and global warming have been over hyped and are therefore ambiguous.

He wants tough laws to protect the public. Regardless on your personal opinions LGS a lot of people would like to see the death penalty brought back and would HAPPILY pull the trigger themselves.

He wants the EU Human Rights act repealed because there is a consensus that it favours miscreants rather than the average man in the street.

What politicians and social pundits should do is look hard at what JCs appeal is and try to counters his proposals in a way that would win over the public, rather than just deride him.

In doing so they just show themselves as petty and looking threatened.

British politics is imploding in it's current state. People are fed up with the two party clones and the pointless (their view not mine) hanger on (you know which party I mean.)

Perhaps the way ahead is populist figures standing like the famous Martin bell anti-sleaze campaign.

Oh and I'm sure they'll be lots of people on here (God I can probable list them now, as I can hear their posting in my head as I type), who''ll argue against populist candidates, and how it's wrong to give the public exactly what they want, as it may offend the morals and whims or the intelligencia (hope I spelt that right).

The death penalty being the standard soap box

So LGS (sorry for being a bit bellicose today, but you have been giving it Charlie Potato) please write your manifesto and we'll just right it off arbitrarily.

[emporer]

I agree with most things JC says, he speaks alot more common sense than most if not all politicians and while it may not be everyones taste i'd much rather have him in charge than the current bunch of donuts.

[benbert]

After watching Love Actually clearly Hugh Grant should be in charge? No?

[Wild Weasel]

Originally Posted by emporer

I agree with most things JC says, he speaks alot more common sense than most if not all politicians and while it may not be everyones taste i'd much rather have him in charge than the current bunch of donuts.

Seconded.

Plus he annoys the hell out of the liberal shared brain cell, so earns a from me.

[Ed Selley]

Originally Posted by la gran siete

The medias own version of Alf Garnet with a public school accent seems to have quite a strong following. On Facebooks "Jeremy Clarkson should be Prime minister" numbers are 250k + believing him to be rightHitlers Brown shirts I asked myself?although I sometimes find him amusing I cannot stop feeling there is something rather insidious about him. Anyway here is my reply to his manifesto

1) yes of course lets encourage global warming and watch half the world submerge in water
2)abolish cricket one of the worlds fines team sports? ******!
3) end the special relationship - the one that has kept us free from communism and helped us win 2 world wars. Very clever that- not!I am not a great fan of the US but I am not stupid either
4)Ban health and safety . oh god it gets worse doesnt it. Years and years of striving to make the work place safer undone by an idiot
6)Remove speed cameras . I have a better idea lets make all cars so they cannot go faster than 80 mph and anyone caught speeding should be forced to run stark bollock naked on a major rd for a mile
9) bring back the stocks. yes I agree and let him test them out for a month. I'll be the first in the queue to chuck tomatoes at him.
10) end recycling, what a pillock!What with finite resources and a huge dumpsite problem the more I think about this cretin the more I'd like to see him perched in a rubbish tip.
13) ban diesel cars, actually no make all cars LPG and diesel until cleaner more fuel efficient alternatives can be found
14) end human rights. O f course humans shouldnt have rights , only property and wealth should have them.How's the wrist action Jeremy?
16)freedom to smoke - in your own cars fine Jerry But i like to breath fresh air myself
17) British independence- welcome to the new world you neolithic Little Englander
19) cyclists can be annoying but not as much as an twathead rampaging around in various gas guzzling carbuncles.
20) public executions - Are you first in the line to face the firing squad Jerry? oh good!

And with that you prove beyond reasonable doubt that you take absolutely everything far, far, far too seriously. Of the quarter of a million members, I'd be amazed if more than 5% would actually advocate the climate changer to be in a position of power. As XOD points out its one of the lighter hearted demonstrations of the dissatisfaction with modern politics- particularly amongst the younger generation.

By the way, I am a member of the group, "I judge you when you use poor grammar" which has in the past suggested that persistant offenders should lose their fingers one digit at a time. This doesn't mean I actually want you to be fingerless inside a week but I find the concept amusing.

Now lighten up.

[mij]

I like him as well

He plays to his audience but does say what a lot of people think.

I am with him regarding global warming, politicians have jumped on the ultimate band wagon and will use it to milk us dry. It is all the sun's fault.

The same with speed/revenue cameras, with stocks for petty crime, with smoking in your own car, I even agree with him on recycling, as it would not be necessary if the manufacturers/retailers were not so stupid.

Clarkson for PM

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by Ed Selley

And with that you prove beyond reasonable doubt that you take absolutely everything far, far, far too seriously. Of the quarter of a million members, I'd be amazed if more than 5% would actually advocate the climate changer to be in a position of power. As XOD points out its one of the lighter hearted demonstrations of the dissatisfaction with modern politics- particularly amongst the younger generation.

By the way, I am a member of the group, "I judge you when you use poor grammar" which has in the past suggested that persistant offenders should lose their fingers one digit at a time. This doesn't mean I actually want you to be fingerless inside a week but I find the concept amusing.

Now lighten up.

Oh Dear I have read it all now.Lol ! Me take things too seriously??That is precisely the one thing I dont do. Like Clarkson I like to spout my share of drivel mostly for effect. Unlike him I am not a highly successful media celebrity living in tax exile on the isle of Mann- good for him you might say.Now amongst all the drivel he and I also hold certain opinions, its just that his are diametrically opposed to mine. He is a libertarian ,the apostle of unrestricted car , a hang and flog 'em merchant who feels at liberty to pontificate about things that probably dont affect him directly, but do millions of others.If he was just a figure of fun I wouldnt have a problem with him but now and again he spouts crap that whilst it may attract the support of some, quite clearly irritates many others .I must say i find myself very much in the second camp particularly when he rails against bus lanes and congestion charges .Ditto when he states that public transport should be safety net for the poor so that motorists can be at liberty to rampage as they wish ignoring the ever increasing problems of congestion, road rage or polution.After watching last nights programme about traffic in London, school runs, 4x4,pedestrian and cyclist fatalities, I am more convinced than ever that this idiot should be suspended above a festering pool of vomit until he recants.
I have no doubt his utterances are done on purpose to keep him in the public eye . The fact he has Facebook group in his name would not only flatter him but ultimately increase his overinflated bank balance by a considerable margin so being popular/ unpopular would suit him nicely.

[The Dude]

Did you watch best of top gear the other night by any chance?

The bit where he said from an M5, an AMG E-Class, and a Range Rover... he'd choose the Range Rover, but only because it would 'annoy the hell out of the Bill Oddie brigade'

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by Xusia Of Delos

And someone could easily list all JC's points and answer them in the affirmative.

There is no right or wrong here. It's about public opinion.

Joe Public like JC co's to a lot of them, he speaks how they feel. He hates petty bureaucrats, and the perceived PC brigade. He feels that certain issues such as recycling and global warming have been over hyped and are therefore ambiguous.

He wants tough laws to protect the public. Regardless on your personal opinions LGS a lot of people would like to see the death penalty brought back and would HAPPILY pull the trigger themselves.

He wants the EU Human Rights act repealed because there is a consensus that it favours miscreants rather than the average man in the street.

What politicians and social pundits should do is look hard at what JCs appeal is and try to counters his proposals in a way that would win over the public, rather than just deride him.

In doing so they just show themselves as petty and looking threatened.

British politics is imploding in it's current state. People are fed up with the two party clones and the pointless (their view not mine) hanger on (you know which party I mean.)

Perhaps the way ahead is populist figures standing like the famous Martin bell anti-sleaze campaign.

Oh and I'm sure they'll be lots of people on here (God I can probable list them now, as I can hear their posting in my head as I type), who''ll argue against populist candidates, and how it's wrong to give the public exactly what they want, as it may offend the morals and whims or the intelligencia (hope I spelt that right).

The death penalty being the standard soap box

So LGS (sorry for being a bit bellicose today, but you have been giving it Charlie Potato) please write your manifesto and we'll just right it off arbitrarily.

i am fully aware he attracts a certain kind of person. Fine as it stands because even at 300k their numbers are small, but if you were to be right and the political system was imploding( I have to say I dont agree a all)coupled with social and economic meltdown that would offer the perfect conditions for extremists to flower and plunge the country into a new darkness - think Hitlers Brown shirts .
I could offer an altrenative manifesto of my own but by doing so i might be giving some credence to his own which I do not wish to do as its just full of negatives- the usual ******** about EC , hanging, harsh sentences for criminals ,doinmg away with health and safety rulingsIn no way does he offer anything positive regarding the NHS ( not surprising as he doesnt use it)education or the thousand of things that affect peoples lives. Instead we are entreated to a load of of reactionary nonsense.
I can well understand people feeling fed up but i believe thats more to do with the way we lead our lives ,our workplace and our homelife . The lack of a sense of community, the constantly striving for bigger and better- materialism gone crazy, family breakdowns etc.We would do well to learn from other nations. In France two hour lunch breaks are common giving people a chance to interact without work pressures.Just one example.If one lives in a village there then being involved in the community is crucial whilst over here isolationism seems to be so common.Anyway i could go on.I am not saying life in France is necessarily superior but they do to certain things better than us and we would do well to open our minds, rid ourselves of any Little England nonsense, ignore the rants of idiots and try to move forward in a positive fashion.

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by The Dude

Did you watch best of top gear the other night by any chance?

The bit where he said from an M5, an AMG E-Class, and a Range Rover... he'd choose the Range Rover, but only because it would 'annoy the hell out of the Bill Oddie brigade'

yes thats amusing but I have far more respect for Oddie than him

[andykn]

Originally Posted by The Dude

Did you watch best of top gear the other night by any chance?

The bit where he said from an M5, an AMG E-Class, and a Range Rover... he'd choose the Range Rover, but only because it would 'annoy the hell out of the Bill Oddie brigade'

And this is why you shoudn't vote for populist twits.

Of the three the Range Rover's environmental impact in terms of emissions and pollution is not particularly worse than the other two; as an anti motorist device it is far worse. It can't easily be seen through on a busy motorway, takes up two parking spaces in busy residential streets and can't be as easily passed on a narrow street or country lane.

Way to be anti-social to other motorists, JC.

And it would help if he were more specific as to exactly which clauses of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights he doesn't like.