Bring Back Clarkson: Twitter campaign rallies support – of a kind
Jokes, songs, celebration and protest greet BBC decision, as 350,000 people sign petition to 'bring back Clarkson'
A campaign to bring back Jeremy Clarkson to the BBC's Sunday-night schedule got underway the moment the Top Gear presenter was suspended by the broadcaster for getting into a "fracas" with a producer.
By early this morning, a petition started by political blogger Guido Fawkes had been signed by more than 350,000 people, and many more took to Twitter to express their dismay at the decision to cancel the next two episodes of Top Gear.
Some supporters had their own reasons for believing Clarkson deserves a second chance:
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As the controversy raged, Clarkson himself spent the evening joking with his fellow presenters about what the BBC could screen instead of Top Gear:
Some people felt that Clarkson's suspension was reason enough to stop paying their licence fee:
Channel Four noted that this is not the first time the presenter has been in trouble. The broadcaster tweeted a compilation video of some of Clarkson's most controversial moments:
But some people felt that the defence of Clarkson came from somewhat unsavoury quarters:
And others were just moved to song:
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