Top Gear presenter for PM petition

The government has been accused of wasting taxpayers’ money after making a light-hearted video in response to a petition for Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson to be made Prime Minister. (Btw, the petition is now closed)

The clip, posted on Number 10’s You Tube site, was created after 50,000 people backed a motion for Clarkson to replace Gordon Brown as PM.

Downing Street said the clip had been created by a member of staff who had a “spare half hour” and had not cost any extra money. But the Conservative Party said it showed the government had lost touch with reality.

Watch the offending video below…

Word to the lamest YouTube video we’ve ever seen. Is that the best response the government can come up with?

Any Grid Crasher readers sign the survey? We didn’t - not only would Clarkson make a terrible PM (his green credentials are appalling, for example), but Top Gear just wouldn’t be the same without him.