Jeremy Clarkson news – latest: ITV boss says presenter remains Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host ‘at the moment’

The row surrounding Jeremy Clarkson’s column about Meghan Markle has intensified, with his The Sun newspaper column attracting a record number of complaints.

In his op-ed, published on Friday (16 December) the 62-year-old wrote that he dreamt of the day Markle would be made to parade naked through Britain while the crowd chanted “shame” and threw “excrement” at her.

Clarkson claimed that “everyone who’s my age thinks the same way”.

The Sun has now removed Clarkson’s comment piece from its website. “In light of Jeremy Clarkson’s tweet he has asked us to take last week’s column down,” the page now reads.

More than 60 cross-party MPs have written to The Sun’s editor to demand an apology and “action taken” against Clarkson. The SNP’s shadow culture minister also called for Clarkson to be banned from TV altogether.

Other critics included Clarkson’s own daughter Emily, who has previously spoken out against online misogyny and harassment.

Piers Morgan – an outspoken critic of Harry and Meghan – has also weighed in, saying he’s “not defending what Clarkson wrote”, but asking “where the same anger is towards the lies/smears hurled at the Royal Family”.

Ipso confirmed on Tuesday 20 December that it had received over 17,500 complaints about the presenter’s column, more than the total it received in 2021.

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ITV boss says Clarkson will remain Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host for ‘the moment’

01:24 , Tom Murray

At a Broadcasting Press Guild event in London on Tuesday, ITV boss Kevin Lygo condemned Clarkson’s comments about the Duchess of Sussex but said there are no plans to replace him as host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? “at the moment”.

“I would say what he writes in a newspaper column… We have no control over what he says,” Lygo told journalists.

“... So it’s not quite in our wheelhouse but I don’t know what he was thinking when he wrote that. It was awful.”

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Jeremy Clarkson to remain Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host for ‘the moment’

One reader reported Clarkson to the police

00:08 , Tom Murray

Responding to John Nicolson MP’s letter to the Chief Executive of ITV, one reader shared his response from West Mercia Police after he reported Clarkson to them.

In their reply, the police department wrote that Clarkson’s column does not relate to a “hate crime”.

British-Nigerian writer stuns Twitter users with revelation

Tuesday 20 December 2022 23:15 , Inga Parkel

In a seemingly laudatory post referencing Emily Clarkson’s recent actions against her father Jeremy, British-Nigerian writer Jason Okundaye wrote: “People don’t hold you to who your parents are unless you decide to be insufferable!

He added: “Nigella Lawson’s father was literally Thatcher’s chancellor yet she’s one of the nation’s most universally beloved women, wherever you are on the political compass.”

Many users responded to the second part stunned, unaware of the familial connection between Nigella Lawson and former MP Nigel Lawson, who served as chancellor from 1981 to 1989 to former controversial Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

The Independent readers argue against Clarkson

Tuesday 20 December 2022 22:45 , Inga Parkel

In Tuesday’s Letters to the Editor, The Independent readers have refuted Jeremy Clarkson’s claims “everyone who’s my age” feels the same as him about Meghan Markle.

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Not in my name, Jeremy Clark

Letters to the editor: our readers share their views. Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk

Scottish politician to appear on ‘Good Morning Britain’ to speak about ‘Clarkson and misogyny'

Tuesday 20 December 2022 22:16 , Inga Parkel

Scottish politician Hannah Bardell, who serves as a Member of Parliament for Livingston, will join Good Morning Britain presenters Adil Ray and Charlotte Hawkins tomorrow (21 December) morning to “chat all things Jeremy Clarkson & misogyny”.

Bardell shared the announcement on Twitter, asking those who could to “tune in”.

In a following post, she commented on Caroline Flack’s mother’s recent interview in which she shared an emotional warning about the “harmful” impact of “untrue” press coverage.

“This is utterly heartbreaking,” Bardell wrote, “but so brave and spot on of Caroline Flack’s mum.”

The MP then questioned: “How did we get to this place, that women like Caroline are literally hounded to death by some in the media and tabloid press. It’s sickening.”

Dolly Parton’s sister Stella thanks Clarkson for ‘proving’ Harry and Meghan right

Tuesday 20 December 2022 21:48 , Inga Parkel

Singer Stella Parton, the younger sister of country darling Dolly Parton, has thanked Jeremy Clarkson for his recent controversial column.

“I want to thank Jeremy Clarkson,” she began on Twitter, “for proving once and for all that Meghan and Harry were always telling the truth about everything”.

Parton concluded by wishing Meghan and Harry a Merry Christmas, before adding: “ Wasn’t that brilliant?”

Buckingham Palace reportedly upset with reporting on lunch attended by Camilla and Clarkson

Tuesday 20 December 2022 20:38 , Tom Murray

In a report shared Tuesday, Yahoo News UK says it understands the palace is angry at some of the media coverage of a lunch attended by both Camilla and Clarkson last week.

According to reports, Queen Camilla held the glamorous Christmas lunch on Wednesday (14 December), with attendees including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, and Claudia Winkleman.

Yahoo reported that the palace feels “any attempt to link Camilla and Clarkson’s comments because they attended the same lunch together are highly misleading”.

Still no public comment from Camilla or the palace, though.

Diane Abbott condemns The Sun editor

Tuesday 20 December 2022 19:37 , Tom Murray

In a tweet shared Tuesday, former Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott wrote: “Jeremy Clarkson WROTE his vile column about Meghan Markle naked and pelted with excrement. But the editor of the Sun, Victoria Newton APPROVED it for publication. No apology to Meghan from either yet. #Clarksonracist.”

More than 60 MPs complain to The Sun editor

Tuesday 20 December 2022 19:06 , Tom Murray

64 British MPs have written to the editor of The Sun to condemn Clarkson’s article about Meghan Markle “in the strongest terms”.

The cross-party group said the former Top Gear presenter’s “hateful” article had contributed to an “unacceptable climate of hatred and violence”.

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MPs complain to The Sun about ‘hateful’ Jeremy Clarkson Meghan Markle article

Pressure mounts on royal family to respond

Tuesday 20 December 2022 18:26 , Tom Murray

People on social media are continuing to call on the royal family to condemn Clarkson’s statements.

A separate row erupted after it transpired that Clarkson and Piers Morgan had attended a Christmas lunch hosted by Camilla, Queen Consort days before the offending column was published

So far, no member of the royal family has commented on the article.

John Amaechi OBE labels Clarkson’s op-ed ‘rabid misogyny'

Tuesday 20 December 2022 17:15 , Inga Parkel

British-American psychologist and former pro basketball player John Amaechi OBE said Clarkson’s op-ed and “subsequent rationalisation dressed as an apology should horrify us all”.

“You don’t have to be “pro” Meghan or “woke” to recognise rabid, unhinged misogyny when you see it – and to reject it unequivocally,” he tweeted.

Jeremy Clarkson’s Meghan Markle column breaks Ipso complaints record

Tuesday 20 December 2022 16:45 , Isobel Lewis

Jeremy Clarkson’s column about Meghan Markle has meanwhile broken the record for the most complained about article to press watchdog Ipso.

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Jeremy Clarkson’s Meghan Markle column breaks Ipso complaints record

Piers Morgan weighs in on Jeremy Clarkson row

Tuesday 20 December 2022 16:04 , Inga Parkel

Piers Morgan has finally voiced his opinion regarding the recent Clarkson op-ed.

The former Good Morning Britain broadcaster, who left the show over his own Meghan Markle controversy, wrote on Twitter: “Imagine if all those screaming with rage about Jeremy Clarkson felt the same protective anger towards those who’ve branded our Royal Family callous lying racist bullies – without producing any actual evidence for these cruel allegations?”

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Piers Morgan weighs in on Jeremy Clarkson’s Meghan Markle column

Conservative MP denies Clarkson’s apology

Tuesday 20 December 2022 15:45 , Inga Parkel

Caroline Nokes, MP for Romsey and Southampton North in Hampshire, has not accepted Clarkson’s apology over his op-ed, instead branding it as an “acknowledgement that he has caused hurt”.

“I welcome Jeremy Clarkson’s acknowledgement that he has caused hurt #notanapology,” she tweeted, before placing partial blame on “the editorial process” that “allowed his column to be printed unchallenged”.

Nokes shared a personal letter she wrote addressed to The Sun’s Editor-in-Chief, Victoria Newton, saying: “We are horrified at the recent article by Jeremy Clarkson in your publication.

“It is unacceptable that it was allowed to be published in a mainstream newspaper,” she added.

Kathy Burke hits out at Jeremy Clarkson after his Meghan Markle rant

Tuesday 20 December 2022 15:15 , Isobel Lewis

Another critic of Clarkson’s column is Kathy Burke, who didn’t mince her words as she called the presenter a “collosal c***”.

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Kathy Burke hits out at ‘colossal c***’ Jeremy Clarkson after his Meghan Markle rant

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are ‘gifting back'

Tuesday 20 December 2022 14:37 , Inga Parkel

After Jeremy Clarkson’s controversial op-ed taking aim at Meghan Markle has broken complaint records, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Archewell foundation “organised gifts for more than 30 different reunified and refugee families” at the US and Mexico border over the weekend.

The announcement on Monday (19 December) was made on their foundation’s website, alongside a photo of a pile of gifts.

“This Is About Humanity creates a community of allies and advocates dedicated to raising awareness about separated and reunified families and children at the U.S.-Mexican border,” the message read.

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Meghan and Harry announce Christmas charity gesture amid Jeremy Clarkson row

Caroline Flack’s mother condemns Jeremy Clarkson column

Tuesday 20 December 2022 14:15 , Isobel Lewis

One critic of Jeremy Clarkson’s comments is Christine Flack, the mother of the late presenter Caroline Flack.

“I can see even though Meghan and Harry have got all that money... even they said, if they can’t win, how can anyone else win?” she said.

“Someone like Jeremy Clarkson can just say what he wants, but it gets printed, that’s the worst thing.”

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Caroline Flack’s mother condemns Jeremy Clarkson’s Meghan Markle column

The Independent readers refute Clarkson’s claims

Tuesday 20 December 2022 13:45 , Isobel Lewis

In Tuesday’s Letters to the Editor, The Independent readers have argued against Jeremy Clarkson’s claims “everyone who’s my age” feels the same as him about Meghan Markle.

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Letters: Not in my name, Jeremy Clarkson

Anger mounts over Camilla lunch attended by Jeremy Clarkson and Piers Morgan

Tuesday 20 December 2022 13:25 , Isobel Lewis

The Queen Consort has come under fierce criticism after hosting a lunch reportedly attended by Clarkson and another of Meghan Markle’s most vocal critics, Piers Morgan.

According to reports, Queen Camilla held the glamorous Christmas lunch on Wednesday (14 December), the day before the Netflix documentary Harry and Meghan was released.

On the Friday (16 December), Clarkson published his much-criticised column in The Sun.

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Anger mounts over Camilla lunch attended by Jeremy Clarkson and Piers Morgan

7 of Jeremy Clarkson’s most controversial comments about Meghan Markle

Tuesday 20 December 2022 12:45 , Peony Hirwani

Here are Clarkson’s most controversial comments about Markle, which cover everything from climate change and polar bears to calling Markle a “silly little cable TV actress”.

7 of Jeremy Clarkson’s most controversial comments about Meghan Markle

Tuesday 20 December 2022 12:15 , Peony Hirwani

Nicola Sturgeon says she “pities” Jeremy Clarkson.

Scotland’s First Minister was among the high-profile figures criticising the former Top Gear host.

“I have to say, taking a step back from it, my overwhelming emotion about guys like Jeremy Clarkson is pity,” she told broadcasters on Monday.

“I mean, what is it that makes somebody so distorted by hate that they end up writing these things?”

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Nicola Sturgeon says she pities Jeremy Clarkson

Tuesday 20 December 2022 11:46 , Peony Hirwani

Jeremy Clarkson’s The Sun newspaper column, in which he said he “hated” Meghan Markle, has become Ipso’s most complained about article, with more than 17,500 complaints.

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Jeremy Clarkson’s Meghan Markle column breaks Ipso complaints record

Tuesday 20 December 2022 11:37 , Peony Hirwani

More than 60 cross-party MPs have written to The Sun’s editor, Victoria Newton, to demand an apology and “action taken” against Jeremy Clarkson.

Jeremy Clarkson responds to outrage over Meghan Markle article

Tuesday 20 December 2022 11:07 , Peony Hirwani

Here’s what Jeremy Clarkson said about the outrage over his article about Meghan Markle.

Jeremy Clarkson vows to ‘be more careful’ as Meghan column gets 12,000 complaints

Author Carol Vorderman criticises Jeremy Clarkson

Tuesday 20 December 2022 10:37 , Peony Hirwani

“NO Jeremy Clarkson. Not on any level, in any circumstance, is it ok to write this stuff about any woman and absolutely NO to ‘everyone who’s my age thinks the same.’ No no no,” Carol Vorderman wrote on Twitter.

“We absolutely do NOT think the same. Listen to the noise Jeremy. The crowds are chanting ‘shame on YOU.’”

Jeremy Clarkson should be banned from TV after ‘grotesque’ Meghan Markle comments, MP says

Tuesday 20 December 2022 10:07 , Peony Hirwani

An MP has written to ITV ‘s chief executive demanding that Jeremy Clarkson be taken off air completely.

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MP says Jeremy Clarkson should be banned from TV after ‘grotesque’ comments

Tuesday 20 December 2022 09:37 , Peony Hirwani

Ipso has received more than 12,000 complaints about Jeremy Clarkson’s column on Meghan Markle.

Emily Clarkson praised for condemning dad Jeremy Clarkson’s remarks about Meghan Markle

Tuesday 20 December 2022 09:15 , Peony Hirwani

Emily Clarkson has been lauded for speaking out against her father’s controversial comments about the Duchess of Sussex.

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Emily Clarkson praised for condemning dad’s Meghan Markle remarks

SNP’s shadow culture secretary wants Jeremy Clarkson banned from TV

Tuesday 20 December 2022 08:54 , Roisin O'Connor

The SNP’s shadow culture secretary John Nicholson has written to ITV’s chief executive, calling for Clarkson to be banned from appearing on TV screens following his remarks about Markle.

“Following grotesque comments made about the First Minster and The Duchess of Sussex, I do not believe Jeremy Clarkson should be allowed back on our screens. I've written to the Chief Executive of ITV,” he said in a tweet, sharing the letter.

Tuesday 20 December 2022 08:45 , Peony Hirwani

“Why is Jeremy Clarkson so threatened by Meghan Markle?” That’s the question explored by The Independent’s Voices Commissioning Editor Harriet Williamson.

“It riles Clarkson and his ilk – the Piers Morgans and the Dan Woottons of the world – so much that a beautiful, successful, articulate woman of colour hasn’t just swallowed a sustained campaign of bullying,” she writes. “Instead, she’s held up a mirror to British society, and what we see in it is extremely uncomfortable.”

Read Williamson’s full article here.

Opinion: Why is Jeremy Clarkson so threatened by Meghan Markle?

Journalist Brian Milligan says Buckingham Palace should ‘condemn Jeremy Clarkson'

Tuesday 20 December 2022 08:17 , Peony Hirwani

Ex-BBC Business and Economics Reporter Brian Milligan says that Buckingham Palace should “condemn Jeremy Clarkson, and defend Meghan Markle.”

Author Ali Milani calls Jeremy Clarkson’s article a ‘media problem'

Tuesday 20 December 2022 07:30 , Peony Hirwani

“Remember, that Jeremy Clarkson article was not a slip of the tongue or a tweet written in a moment of madness,” Ali Milani wrote on Twitter on Monday (19 December).

“It was an article written, read and re-read. It was seen by multiple editors and copywriters. All of whom must have thought, ‘this is okay.’ This is a *media* problem.”

Gender equality campaigner Gina Martin calls for ITV to ‘fire’ Jeremy Clarkson

Tuesday 20 December 2022 07:00 , Peony Hirwani

“Retweet if you think big media channels have a responsibility, when women are dying every three days from misogyny and male violence, not to legitimise and embolden abusive misogynistic views,” Gina Martin wrote on Twitter.

“ITV should fire Jeremy Clarkson.”

7 of Jeremy Clarkson’s most controversial comments about Meghan Markle

Tuesday 20 December 2022 06:30 , Peony Hirwani

Here are Clarkson’s most controversial comments about Markle, which cover everything from climate change and polar bears to calling Markle a “silly little cable TV actress”.

7 of Jeremy Clarkson’s most controversial comments about Meghan Markle

Sadiq Khan says Jeremy Clarkson’s words about Meghan Markle are ‘dangerous and inexcusable'

Tuesday 20 December 2022 06:00 , Peony Hirwani

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said that Jeremy Clarkson’s words about Meghan Markle are “dangerous and inexcusable”.

“As Jeremy Clarkson should well know – words have consequences,” Khan wrote on Twitter. “The words in his piece are no joke – they’re dangerous and inexcusable.

“We are in an epidemic of violence against women and girls and men with powerful voices must do better than this.”

More than 12,000 people have complained about Clarkson’s comments

Tuesday 20 December 2022 05:37 , Tom Murray

The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) has received more than 12,000 complaints over Clarkson’s column in The Sun, which has since been removed.

A spokesperson for the media watchdog said: “We will follow our usual processes to examine the complaints we have received. This will take longer than usual because of the volume of complaints.”

Jeremy Clarkson vows to ‘be more careful’ as Meghan column gets 12,000 complaints

MP John Nicolson says ‘Jeremy Clarkson shouldn’t be allowed back on our screens’

Tuesday 20 December 2022 05:00 , Peony Hirwani

The Scottish National Party MP for Ochil and South Perthshire, John Nicolson, has criticised Jeremy Clarkson for his “grotesque comments made about the First Minster and The Duchess of Sussex”.

On Monday (19 December), Nicolson posted a photograph of a complaint letter he wrote to the Chief Executive of ITV.

“I do not believe Jeremy Clarkson should be allowed back on our screens,” he added in the caption.

Following is the letter.

A reminder of what Clarkson has said so far

Tuesday 20 December 2022 04:28 , Tom Murray

In an op-ed for The Sun published on Friday (16 December), Clarkson wrote that he loathes the Duchess of Sussex “on a cellular level” and wants people to “throw lumps of excrement” at her.

“Everyone who’s my age thinks the same way,” Clarkson added.

Following the backlash, Clarkson wrote on Twitter: “Oh dear. I’ve rather put my foot in it. In a column I wrote about Meghan, I made a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with a great many people. I’m horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future.”

Jeremy Clarkson vows to ‘be more careful’ as Meghan column gets 12,000 complaints

Tuesday 20 December 2022 04:00 , Peony Hirwani

Jeremy Clarkson has pledged to be “more careful in future” after his comments about Meghan Markle and others in a newspaper column drew more than 12,000 complaints.

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Jeremy Clarkson vows to ‘be more careful’ as Meghan column gets 12,000 complaints

Queen Camilla under fire for hosting lunch attended by Clarkson and Piers Morgan

Tuesday 20 December 2022 03:32 , Tom Murray

Days before Clarkson’s column about Markle, it was reported that Camilla, Queen Consort, invited the presenter and Piers Morgan, another vocal critic of the Sussexes, to a private lunch.

The day after the party, Netflix released the final three episodes of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s tell-all documentary series about their time in the royal family.

The Independent has contacted Buckingham Palace for comment.

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Anger mounts over Camilla lunch attended by Jeremy Clarkson and Piers Morgan

Nicola Sturgeon says she ‘pities’ Clarkson

Tuesday 20 December 2022 02:37 , Tom Murray

Scotland’s First Minister was among the high-profile figures criticising the former Top Gear host.

“I have to say, taking a step back from it, my overwhelming emotion about guys like Jeremy Clarkson is pity,” she told broadcasters on Monday.

“I mean, what is it that makes somebody so distorted by hate that they end up writing these things?”

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Nicola Sturgeon says she pities Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson’s daughter has been praised for speaking out against her dad

Tuesday 20 December 2022 01:44 , Tom Murray

Clarkson’s daughter Emily was quick to make clear that she stood “against everything” her father had said about the duchess in his column.

“My views are and have always been clear when it comes to misogyny, bullying and the treatment of women by the media,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories.

Royal commentator and author Carol Vorderman tweeted that Emily was “wonderful” and added: “FYI Emily has spoken many times about how she suffered very badly from online abuse when she was younger.”

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Emily Clarkson praised for condemning dad’s Meghan Markle remarks

Britain is ‘not a racist country’, says Rishi Sunak said when questioned about Jeremy Clarkson’s comments

Tuesday 20 December 2022 01:02 , Tom Murray

Tuesday 20 December 2022 00:24 , Tom Murray

“Why is Jeremy Clarkson so threatened by Meghan Markle?” That’s the question explored by The Independent’s Voices Commissioning Editor Harriet Williamson.

“It riles Clarkson and his ilk – the Piers Morgans and the Dan Woottons of the world – so much that a beautiful, successful, articulate woman of colour hasn’t just swallowed a sustained campaign of bullying,” she writes. “Instead, she’s held up a mirror to British society, and what we see in it is extremely uncomfortable.”

Read Williamson’s full article here.

Opinion: Why is Jeremy Clarkson so threatened by Meghan Markle?

Monday 19 December 2022 21:40 , Louis Chilton

This, from Claire Waxman’s appearance on BBC News.

Monday 19 December 2022 21:21 , Louis Chilton

ICYMI: A rundown of some of the previous times Clarkson has launched controversial attacks on Meghan Markle.

7 of Jeremy Clarkson’s most controversial comments about Meghan Markle

Monday 19 December 2022 20:55 , Louis Chilton

Many people calling on the Palace to condemn Clarkson’s remarks.

Nothing yet.

Monday 19 December 2022 20:34 , Louis Chilton

Actor Colin McFarlane backing John Nicolson’s letter to ITV.

Monday 19 December 2022 20:15 , Louis Chilton

More than 12,000 complaints now have been made to Ipso, the independent press standards organisation.

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Jeremy Clarkson vows to ‘be more careful’ as Meghan column gets 12,000 complaints

Monday 19 December 2022 19:55 , Louis Chilton

Author Joyce Carol Oates among the many, many celebrities condemning Clarkson’s words.

Monday 19 December 2022 19:35 , Louis Chilton

To clarify, Clarkson currently serves as the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? – hence, presumably, why the letter is addressed to ITV.

Monday 19 December 2022 19:13 , Louis Chilton

The SNP’s Shadow Culture Secretary John Nicolson has written a letter calling for Clarkson to be taken off the airwaves.

Read in full here:

Monday 19 December 2022 18:51 , Louis Chilton

The Sun has now removed Clarkson’s comment piece from its website.

“In light of Jeremy Clarkson’s tweet he has asked us to take last week’s column down,” the page now reads.

Monday 19 December 2022 18:30 , Louis Chilton

Philip Pullman weighing in on Twitter:

Monday 19 December 2022 18:10 , Louis Chilton

Another plug for Harriet Williamson’s incisive comment about Clarkson’s piece

Read here:

Opinion: Why is Jeremy Clarkson so threatened by Meghan Markle?

Monday 19 December 2022 17:50 , Louis Chilton

The senior royal has been facing a backlash over her star-studded party which had Clarkson in attendance

Anger mounts over Camilla lunch attended by Jeremy Clarkson and Piers Morgan

Monday 19 December 2022 17:30 , Louis Chilton

More than 20,000 comments on Clarkson’s non-apology tweet so far.

Safe to say the outrage isn’t about to die down yet

Monday 19 December 2022 17:11 , Louis Chilton

A round-up of some of the biggest stars to have condemned the Clarkson’s Farm star...

John Bishop among stars to express horror over Jeremy Clarkson’s Meghan Markle rant

Monday 19 December 2022 16:56 , Louis Chilton

Kathy Burke weighed in yesterday too...

Kathy Burke hits out at ‘colossal c***’ Jeremy Clarkson after his Meghan Markle rant

Monday 19 December 2022 16:25 , Louis Chilton

A bit of context...

Seven of Clarkson’s most controversial comments about Meghan Markle made in the past:

7 of Jeremy Clarkson’s most controversial comments about Meghan Markle

Monday 19 December 2022 16:00 , Louis Chilton

“You should be ashamed.”

Robert Lindsay gives his thoughts.

Monday 19 December 2022 15:38 , Louis Chilton

Caroline Flack’s mother has also spoken out. Full story below...

Caroline Flack’s mother condemns Jeremy Clarkson’s column

Monday 19 December 2022 15:05 , Louis Chilton

Ipso, the independent press standards organisation, has said that Clarkson’s article has already prompted more than 6,000 complaints.

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Jeremy Clarkson’s Meghan Markle column prompts thousands of complaints

Monday 19 December 2022 14:45 , Louis Chilton

Claudia Webbe among the politicians to condemn Clarkson’s words.

Monday 19 December 2022 14:25 , Louis Chilton

Clarkson’s daughter, podcaster Emily Clarkson, is among those to have spoken out against his Sun article.

Jeremy Clarkson’s daughter speaks out against father’s Meghan Markle rant

Monday 19 December 2022 14:05 , Louis Chilton

Great Voices comment on the matter here from Harriet Williamson...

“The fact that a privileged man like Clarkson is able to use his platform in a national tabloid to outline how much he despises Meghan – who has shared experiences of racism in the royal household and at the hands of much of the UK press – and share his fantasy about her degradation and humiliation is, frankly, sickening.

“The sentiment in his column wouldn’t be out of place on 4chan or within an abusive thread by some faceless troll that Elon Musk has reinstated on Twitter.”

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Opinion: Why is Jeremy Clarkson so threatened by Meghan Markle?