I agree, I've seen his columns and he's firmly standing behind his ill-informed bigotry. A pity, because if you see some of his writing as a younger man 25 year

I agree, I've seen his columns and he's firmly standing behind his ill-informed bigotry. A pity, because if you see some of his writing as a younger man 25 years ago he was interesting, funny and observant while still demonstrably holding the same political views; now far more he's a frustrated bigot railing against the modern world. Watch Top Gear though (which I do and largely enjoy), and there's a relatively regular stream of reactionary material with a 'boys will be boys' tongue in cheek. The problem is, it's consistently in the same direction and at the same targets; it's using a cover of comedy and his TV persona to make attacks he couldn't otherwise make in such a platform. Jeremy Clarkson the newspaper columnist stands behind his positions, I agree; Jeremy Clarkson the TV character often tries to make much the same attacks while laughing them off as 'just a bit of fun'. That isn't intellectually honest.