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First there was the Facebook group
(274,142 members). Then there was
the online Downing Street petition.
Another 40,203 votes. Then the Daily
Mail weighed in, imagining exactly
what manifesto Jeremy Clarkson
would carry into Number Ten. (Pave
the Whales, essentially.)
Now, at last, Mr Clarkson has done
the honourable thing and, in the
pages of the nation’s paper of record,
the soaraway Sun, he has set out his
stall as Britain’s next leader.
(274,142 members). Then there was
the online Downing Street petition.
Another 40,203 votes. Then the Daily
Mail weighed in, imagining exactly
what manifesto Jeremy Clarkson
would carry into Number Ten. (Pave
the Whales, essentially.)
Now, at last, Mr Clarkson has done
the honourable thing and, in the
pages of the nation’s paper of record,
the soaraway Sun, he has set out his
stall as Britain’s next leader.
Mr Clarkson offers a bold combination
of apathy and righteous fury towards
overmighty legislators, especially of
the Health and Safety variety. He
promises to take long holidays and
spend more time getting rid of bad
laws than passing new ones
regulating how long your grass can be
on a Thursday.
The Lizard can no longer resist.
Clarkson: our tubby, foulmouthed
British Charlemagne. To the hustings!
of apathy and righteous fury towards
overmighty legislators, especially of
the Health and Safety variety. He
promises to take long holidays and
spend more time getting rid of bad
laws than passing new ones
regulating how long your grass can be
on a Thursday.
The Lizard can no longer resist.
Clarkson: our tubby, foulmouthed
British Charlemagne. To the hustings!
| © lizardmagazine.com, 2008 |
Marc Sidwell
| Clarkson for Prime Minister: The Lizard backs Jezza! Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
