1 Million People Delivers Clarkson Petition To BBC On Tank

Jeremy Clarkson now says:”You can get a million other plankton to dress up and wave banners but Mr Whale won’t even notice.”

The outspoken Top Gear host used his weekly column in The Sun to express his pessimism about the outcome of a BBC investigation into a ‘fracas’ involving him and producer Oisin Tymon, explaining that the world is “run by whales” and describing himself as plankton.

A petition to reinstate the 54-year-old was handed in to the Broadcasting House by The Stig after he drove through central London in a tank, an act that compelled police to issue an advisory statement.

The Change.org petition has garnered over one million signatures since it was launched by political blogger Guido Fawkes earlier in March, making it the fastest growing campaign ever hosted by the website.

But Clarkson seemed less than optimistic about what the future holds for him in his column, writing: “The simple truth of the matter is this: Protest never works. Because we are all plankton. And the world is run by whales. Oh, you can be a big and important plankton but that doesn’t make a jot of difference if a whale has decided to eat you up.

Riding on top of a tank, a man dressed as The Stig from motoring show Top Gear, delivered a petition to BBC headquarters in London on 20 March calling for the return of the popular show’s controversial presenter Jeremy Clarkson.

Nearly a million people around the world signed the petition to reinstate Clarkson after he was suspended from the show following reports he threw a punch at a producer.

“A million people want him back on the air. The numbers speak for themselves. We’re not gonna get into defending him but people love him and they want to see him on the BBC on Sunday night so stop all this, stop winding up the viewers and put him back on the telly,” said Harry Cole of the Guido Fawkes website which organised the petition.

Top Gear, aired in more than 200 countries and estimated to have a global audience of some 350 million, has become one of the BBC’s most successful and lucrative programs. The BBC is expected to make a decision on Clarkson’s future next week.

Clarkson became the popular face of Top Gear by mixing a passion for cars with blunt banter and swagger that has offended groups ranging from mental health charities and cyclists to Mexico’s London ambassador.

The presenter and his employers have been forced to apologize on a number of occasions.

The Stig, dressed in white racing suit and with face obscured by a helmet, is an integral part of Top Gear, representing an anonymous racing car driver who tests cars to their limits.

The Prime Minister has called Jeremy Clarkson a “huge talent” as he weighed into the row over the Top Gear presenter’s suspension.

Clarkson was suspended following an alleged fracas with a producer on his TV motoring show, reportedly over a lack of catering after filming.