A Times article reports that a petition to make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minster on the UK Prime Minister's website has over 35,000 votes thus far.

The Times writes:

"More than 31,000 people, in thrall to Clarkson’s forthright opinions and devilish charm, have signed a petition on the prime minister’s website calling on Gordon Brown to step aside for the 47-year-old sage...More than 264,000 people have subscribed to a similar petition, which states: “Clarkson is as close to a god [as] any mere mortal can get. His straightforward nononsense attitude would make our country great once more.”

This is a man, remember, who in his column last weekend urged the Archbishop of Canterbury to close down the Church of England with the words: “I tell you this, beardie. Many, many more people have died in the name of God than were killed in the name of Hitler.” This is a potential leader who has compared getting behind the wheel of a Ford GT40 to “opening the Holy Grail to find Cameron Diaz in there, naked and bored”.

The Clarkson effect is a modern phenomenon. Some 350m viewers worldwide tune in to Top Gear, BBC2’s most popular programme, to watch the unholy trinity of Clarkson and his sidekicks Richard (the Hamster) Hammond and James (Captain Slow) May do violence to cars, play conkers with caravans and indulge in blokey pranks. The multitudes devour his books: currently his paperback And Another Thing is second in the Sunday Times bestseller list and his latest tome, Don’t Stop Me Now, is the third hottest hardback."

And another thing – I’m the motormouth you want in No 10.

With no better candidates currently available I happily back this campaign.
Vote Jeremy Clarkson, I say!