Clarkson for PM?

[SueEllen]

I can't see him overturning the 10k+ majority.

You mean all the old, infirm and/or stupid people they give a free ride to the polling station to vote for him, or the postal votes intercepted?

[minestrone]

As with that other arse Alan Sugar one would assume that he could be no where near BBC programming for a duration before or after the election which would probably rule him out of a series of top gear so he is not running. Does the BBC not have to pay his production company an obscene amount to run it or something?

Other than that I would suspect that he would get a fair share of the vote, the country is filled with absolute fookin dingbats who would with all sincerity believe that he would "do a great job", "sort out the problems of the country". Democracy in this country is almost something that you don't want to think about too much when you consider just how thick the population is.

[pjclarke]

Does the BBC not have to pay his production company an obscene amount to run it or something?

Not any more, however he did co-found a company, Bedder 6, to exploit the TG brand, built up of course using license payer money, to shift merchandise, roadshows etc and pay himself squillions in divis, before selling it on to the BBC for a few more millions.

Now his schoolboy humour earns him just £1m a year. Can't see him giving up that to live on an MPs stipend....

[TheFaQQer]

As with that other arse Alan Sugar one would assume that he could be no where near BBC programming for a duration before or after the election

For that reason, I implore him to run.

Does the ban apply to re-runs - if so, Dave would be pissed off.