I find it difficult to dislike Clarkson even when he's pushing things I believe to be utter bollocks. Conservatives can enjoy Clarkson because he backs up thei

I find it difficult to dislike Clarkson even when he's pushing things I believe to be utter bollocks. Conservatives can enjoy Clarkson because he backs up their belief system and his humour is based around taking that belief system to humorous extremes. Lefties can enjoy Clarkson because he comes across like an exaggerated caricature of a conservative. It's like an inverted version of American conservatives enjoying Stephen Colbert despite his character being a liberal caricature of a conservative. Clarkson's actual beliefs are ambiguous though. I'm not sure that there's any real ideology behind anything he says - he's a shrewd man and his persona has always been based around being outrageous.