10 Things BBC Wants You To Forget About Jeremy Clarkson

7. Calling Gordon Brown A "One Eyed Scottish Idiot"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1lG1nxAvkI In the run up to the 2010 UK General Election, Jeremy found himself on a panel to promote the Top Gear Live show in Australia. Fielded with a number of questions about the Aussie Government, his attention then turned to politics back home where he glibly commented that his country was being run by Gordon Brown, "a one-eyed Scottish idiot". At the age of sixteen Gordon Brown was kicked in the head in a University rugby match. The incident left him facing months of painful operations, and during his studies he was confined to dark room in an effort to save his sight. Doctors were eventually able to salvage his right eye, but he suffered total blindness in his left. Hilarious. Clarkson was wheeled out by the BBC to issue an immediate apology for any offence he might have cause to the disabled and the Scottish. Although when left to his own devices later on he steadfastly claimed to stand-by calling Brown an idiot.