Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister? - Jalopnik Comments

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

kenshinxl — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:02:54 EST

Link to petition: [petitions.pm.gov.uk]

kenshinxl

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

M0L0TOV — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:04:23 EST

Maybe if he ran for the official Monster Raving Loony Party. I mean, the proposals seem legit, no? [www.omrlp.com]

M0L0TOV

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

JonX — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:26:20 EST

Does he remind anyone of Colin Montgomery?

Jon
[www.sportscardriven.com]

JonX

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Bilk0 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:26:19 EST

I think his first act would be to make a 4th lane on the M1 for supercars only

Bilk0

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Kuang — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:07:13 EST

If this were to happen, we'd need James May as the head of the opposition so he could shout 'YOU INSUFFERABLE OAF' across the house at every opportunity.

Kuang

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

stevecmh — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:14:03 EST

i really like Clarkson.. it would be interesting to see what he would do.. The press conferences would be legendary

stevecmh

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

smokeydog001 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:16:12 EST

Mr. Bean could run the Trade Councils and us Yanks would happey to send Dario Franchitti back to be Ministor of Transport. (we would trade his wife for one of the "Spice" skanks!)
As for the 'Merican President, none other than A.J. Foyt! I think Smokey Yunkick would have qualified quite nicely as Secretary of State.

smokeydog001

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there! — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:29:43 EST

@Novaload: The times they are a-changin'...

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Corvette_Thunder — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:24:35 EST

@Isetta: Only if Tom Nhatiw(?) ,The Speed World Challenge guy, gets to run Canada.

Corvette_Thunder

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

uncleben — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:28:04 EST

@Fitty7lax: Im gonna be right behind you on that move to England. I've always wanted to go there now there would be a reason to stay.

uncleben

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

NovaloadMissesPolar — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:38:38 EST

@Rust-MyEnemy: When Her Magesty was here--not this last time but maybe 15 years ago?--students held up signs saying "Please take us back. We're sorry." And she, contrary to expectation, was amused.

NovaloadMissesPolar

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

CEman — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:07:51 EST

@Mr4speed:
My ancestors whipped they're ass with the equivalent of a cap gun. Bring the limey's on!!

Wink,Wink, Nudge, Nudge

CEman

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

CEman — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:02:46 EST

@skaz:
In a Churchill/Iron Lady kinda way.

Wink,Wink, Nudge,Nudge

CEman

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Kuang — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:42:03 EST

Clarkson once punched Piers Morgan at an awards ceremony, which was long overdue to the odious little creep. Give him a week in Parliament and he'll have laid out half the ministers, insulted the other half until the leave if a huff, and done everything that the taxpaying public dreams of whenever we're unlucky enough to see Prime Minister's Question Time..

Kuang

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

chrismcdowell25 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:40:21 EST

I'd move there if he was Prime Minister. Getting rid of the speed cameras. More places like the Isle of Man. All those crazy traffic laws that governments seem to put in place would all be gone. Road construction won't take years. It's all in the Top Gear episodes.

chrismcdowell25

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

TheGuinnessTooth — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:00:37 EST

@chrystlubitshi: Harumph mentioned Jesse Ventura above, just not by name.

TheGuinnessTooth

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:40:07 EST

@kingedwin: Double-O Stiggy?

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

TinaChow — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:32:52 EST

@FLB: Yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah!

TinaChow

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there! — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:04:46 EST

@lascauxcaveman: Just leave my Saab alone.

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

MagnificentBastard — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:04:23 EST

@Mr4speed: If the ICBM only hit Detroit,the usual target of his venom ;is that such a bad thing?

MagnificentBastard

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

MagnificentBastard — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:03:26 EST

@Mr4speed: If the ICBM only hit Detroit,the usual target of his venom ;ist hat such a bad thing?

MagnificentBastard

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

lascauxcaveman — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:02:38 EST

@Rust-MyEnemy: "...now would be a really good time to invade.

Help yourselves. We'll go quietly.

Go? Why go anywhere? Britain without the British? What good would that be? It'd be more like, um ... Ireland.

Hmmm. That would be pretty sweet.

OK, we'll do it.

lascauxcaveman

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

chrystlubitshi — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:01:32 EST

so.... those of us on the 'new world' got through this post with only mentioning ronald reagan & arnold schvarzeneger? how could one forget jesse ventura? or that stand up comic george w. bush??

chrystlubitshi

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there! — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:58:37 EST

See how versatile we all are?

Cars and politics?

Awards all round, I think.

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

smokeydog001 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:55:06 EST

BY MR4SPEED AT 04:05 PM
"Given Clarkson's apparent loathing for all things American ...."

He can always move here since he qualifies as a left wing Democrat!

smokeydog001

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Froggmann — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:49:18 EST

If that happened I think it would be a hoot to see The Stig as the new transportation minister.

Froggmann

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Jeb_Hoge — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:40:23 EST

Somehow I think Jezza would pull an "if elected, I will not serve" thing.

Jeb_Hoge

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

FLB — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:36:01 EST

@Charles_Barrett: Well, if they ever do: [www.bbc.co.uk]

FLB

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Mr_Sives_Remotoc — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:34:35 EST

If Rustam "Rusty #3" Mamedov is president of Azerbaijan, Jeremy Clarckson can without doubts be Great Britain's Prime Minister.
Message to Lamborghini: prepare an armored Gallardo.

Mr_Sives_Remotoc

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Duffman — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:33:15 EST

It would be an iteresting experiment. Since I am sure after a week of working for a living that doesn't include power slides. He would promptly step down. Since he would have to fight with all the other parliamentarians to get anything done. You know how he likes everything his way and if you don't agree then your wrong.

Duffman

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:23:02 EST

@FLB: I have not. I don't know if my BBC America carries Little Britain.

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Isetta — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:18:16 EST

Maybe we can get Dennis Gage to run for president here in The States. When was the last time we elected a president with a moustache?

Isetta

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

kingedwin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:11:24 EST

Would The Stig become a real-life James Bond?

kingedwin

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Comrade Teargaskov — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:05:34 EST

@harumph: Sure. But my point isn't that Clarkson would be a bad PM, but more that the level of political discourse in GB seems equally as pathetic as that in the Good 'Ol US of A.

Comrade Teargaskov

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there! — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:05:11 EST

@teargas: Seriously:-

This all pretty much sums up the state of the UK. We're all over the place. Half the country probably doesn't even know whois in government anyway, and if they did it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference.

I think the Jezza vote was, not necessarily that he'd make a good politician, but he almost certainly has more resolve, integrity and in common with the man on the street than anyone in official government does.

By the way, with our politics all over the place, if anyone out there is dead bent on empire-building, now would be a really good time to invade.

Help yourselves. We'll go quietly.

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Mr4speed — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:05:06 EST

Given Clarkson's apparent loathing for all things American and the fact that Great Britian has first-strike capability I don't think it would be a good idea.

Mr4speed

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

FLB — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:03:53 EST

@Charles_Barrett: Ever watch Little Britain?

FLB

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

harumph — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:00:47 EST

@teargas: well it worked for us rubes over here. we had a second rate actor as president, a bodybuilder and crappy actor as california governor and a professional wrestler as another governor. there are more examples than just this but i think that's quite enough as it is.

harumph

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Comrade Teargaskov — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:55:14 EST

While it is neat that Brown is soliciting comments from the governed, look what you get. A petition to make a TV presenter PM.

Comrade Teargaskov

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:52:51 EST

I say Graham Norton as PM, and POLAR and I can be his co-speechwriters, with varying guest Jalops contributing. Oh, and I'd be Cabinet Head of fluffing...

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

amanz — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:49:01 EST

first day in office would involve removing the health and safety department, making highly efficient cars illegal, making the G-WIZ illegal, and leaving the kyoto treaty

amanz

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Fitty7lax — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:48:08 EST

True, but I bet if he became Prime Minister, the Atom becomes the mandatory car for every citizen, and caravaning would be illegal (he said so himself). Also, I would immediately move to England until its economy collapses.

Fitty7lax

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

TinaChow — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:46:40 EST

Can't they just make him Ambassador to the US?

TinaChow

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

skaz — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:43:38 EST

@CEMan: Pa-shaw.

skaz

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

CEman — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:42:55 EST

Well, he is pompous enough.

CEman

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

RalphieDC — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:41:58 EST

I don't think it will work, I can't see him laying down and letting us Americans do whatever we want.... like the last couple administrations.

RalphieDC

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

CafeRacer1200 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:41:49 EST

Easy call. Would you trust this man with your Grandma's life savings? Hell no!!

CafeRacer1200

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

skaz — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:35:19 EST

ALL RIGHT!

I like Clarkson.

But I wouldn't allow to house sit for me, much less run my country.

skaz

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

skaz — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:34:51 EST

..is Jalopnik letting me post yet?

skaz

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there! — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:33:30 EST

@POLAR: I'll have the James May stint. Should suit my driving "style".

........but I'm starting to get worried about those skating rinks.....

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:27:46 EST

Jeremy Clarkson: British Prime Minister

Rust-MyEnemy and POLAR: Assistant speech writers and replacement Stigs.

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

Jeremy Clarkson For British Prime Minister?

McBrace — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:13:10 EST

Well Hes Always Going On about what he would do in his country... Maybe he'll get his shot (I've Got His books and I live in the UK, I think its safe to say I'm screwed)

McBrace