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Clean Politics > Published by Shamik Das, December 1st 2011 at 1:51 pm

Watch Cameron’s pathetic ‘condemnation’ of Clarkson’s sick comments

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David Cameron failed to denounce his chum Jeremy Clarkson today, nor even actually condemn him for his sick remarks about executing trade unionists – merely describing it as “a silly thing to say”. He did not even appear genuinely angry, face set to stern, struggling, one sensed, to suppress a laugh.

Asked by Phillip Schofield on ITV’s This Morning:

“According to your mate Jeremy Clarkson, he said on the One Show last night that the people who were out protesting yesterday should be taken out and shot in front of their families…”

He feebly replied:

“Well it was obviously a silly thing to say and I’m sure he didn’t mean that, I didn’t see the remark, but I’m sure it’s, erm, a silly thing to say.”

Watch it:

Compare and contrast Cameron’s sickening non-condemnation with Ed Miliband’s attack on Clarkson’s “disgraceful”, “disgusting” and “appaling” remarks; he said:

“I think they’re absolutely disgraceful and disgusting comments, they are appalling, and I think Jeremy Clarkson should apologise for them.”

It’s almost as if the see no evil, hear no evil prime minister has form on sticking by his despicable friends; it seems you truly can judge a man by the company he keeps…

See also:

• How to be Jeremy Clarkson – Alex Hern, December 1st 2011

• Yet again, Tories fawn over the far right – Alex Hern, October 6th 2011

• Jeremy Clarkson: A ‘birther’ born yesterday – Dominic Browne, May 3rd 2011

• Scumbag Clarkson’s racist attack on Mexicans – Shamik Das, February 11th 2011

• Message to Clarkson: Don’t come back – Will Straw, November 9th 2009

  • http://twitter.com/zhalli1/status/142241505212514304 Judy Clarke

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  • Karen Devlin

    Philip Schofield is a Tory and a regular visitor to No.10. ‘Nuff said.

  • http://twitter.com/kevpeel/status/142268355141840897 Kevin Peel

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  • Selohesra

    Is this one the important issues of the day here? – comment seemed a bit silly indeed just like those who want to ‘kill a banker everyday’ or shout ‘maggie, maggie, maggie – die, die, die’ Or is all this faux outrage to cover-up for fact that the strike was not very sucessful despite wall to wall coverage by BBC/Sky and that even loons like Derek Hatton are saying public sector retirement age needs to be older

  • http://twitter.com/wellsabouttown/status/142269534294900739 Catherine Wells

    and the award for the biggest hypocrite of the day goes to: #Cameron for condemning what #Clarkson said http://t.co/4bJSlS0h

  • http://twitter.com/hobbleit/status/142271274134142978 Colin Dryden

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  • http://twitter.com/shamikdas/status/142291234235486208 Shamik Das

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  • http://twitter.com/sandsdaisy/status/142293021260644354 Daisy Sands

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  • http://twitter.com/sandsdaisy/status/142300870200143873 Daisy Sands

    "he's a silly silly little boy,naughty little clarksy,10 smacks on your nice little toryboy botty for you tonight boy!"http://bit.ly/u4Ipl9

  • http://twitter.com/fiatpanda Mamey Jamey

    Blithering idiot. Have you actually seen the *whole* interview?

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