Number 10's response to 'Make Jeremy Clarkson PM'

[Chris71]

I hate to say this, but I think I've just found a bit of respect for the Downing Street pen-pushers.

It seems they have a sense of humour after all. There again, what else could explain Gordon Brown.

http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16590

And this links to their youtube video, here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNy1w4DV5Hw

(Sorry if it's a repost, but didn't see anything!)

[kambites]

[Graham]

Typical bit of govt though... doesnt actually say anything

[Tunku]

Chris71 said:

I hate to say this, but I think I've just found a bit of respect for the Downing Street pen-pushers.

It seems they have a sense of humour after all. There again, what else could explain Gordon Brown.

http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16590

And this links to their youtube video, here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNy1w4DV5Hw

(Sorry if it's a repost, but didn't see anything!)

Careful, they are just trying to get you "on-side"

[Blib]

Credit where credit's due. They could have ignored the petition, but they made a small effort to amuse the petitioners.

So, for that a...



Now, fking resign!

[Heskey]

I thought it was humerous, the fact that 10 downing street replied in such a way... But they didn't even give us any reasons why not :'(

NEW PETITION. SOMEONE START IT, NOW.

[snorkel sucker]

Tunku said:

Chris71 said:

I hate to say this, but I think I've just found a bit of respect for the Downing Street pen-pushers.

It seems they have a sense of humour after all. There again, what else could explain Gordon Brown.

http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16590

And this links to their youtube video, here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNy1w4DV5Hw

(Sorry if it's a repost, but didn't see anything!)

Careful, they are just trying to get you "on-side"

exactly! and while you're distracted, they'll put petrol up another 5p...

[m4tt]

Says the video is no longer available to me. It seems that pretty much everything I want to watch at the moment on Youtube is no longer available! Bar Stewards.

[Kaelic]

Good to see them tackling the real issues at hand....

[AngryS3Owner]

Interesting and a little funny, but you do all realise we've paid some total cock to sit there and produce that!

[madrob6]

Would've been funnier to have GB doing donuts in a TVR shouting "POWWWEEERR!" with the tagline "Gordon's just as good".

It also would've been just as pointless.

[Chris71]

Addmittedly, I had hoped for something with a little more 'content', but at least it showed a bit of humour. I thought it was going to be 'The United Kingdom has a system of democratically elected government, which means that Mr Clarkson could stand as a political candidate and would theoretically be elligible for the office of prime minister' or some such bks.

So... not as funny as it could have been, but pretty good for civil servants!

[Heskey]

madrob6 said:

Would've been funnier to have GB doing donuts in a TVR shouting "POWWWEEERR!" with the tagline "Gordon's just as good".

It also would've been just as pointless.

Can't have the PM doing silly stuff like that. He's got a country to destroy.

[monthefish]

Kaelic said:

Good to see them tackling the real issues at hand....

AngryS3Owner said:

Interesting and a little funny, but you do all realise we've paid some total cock to sit there and produce that!

Shirley it's not actually the government that have produced that?

[Heskey]

monthefish said:

Kaelic said:

Good to see them tackling the real issues at hand....

AngryS3Owner said:

Interesting and a little funny, but you do all realise we've paid some total cock to sit there and produce that!

Shirley it's not actually the government that have produced that?

Posted on 10DowningSt's YouTube account, and I (along with everyone who signed the petition) got an e-mail from 10 Downing Street telling us they'd responded, with a link to the reponse on their website.

[gopher]

I thought it was a bit weak TBH, they could have gone to town with this one using loads of Un PC stuff that Clarkson says - mind you for most people that would seem like an argument for Clarkson, oh well...

I hope Top Gear pick up on this and do a better version.

[Martin_Hx]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7571973.stm

"Downing Street has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after making a jokey video in response to a petition for Jeremy Clarkson to be made PM. "

[Heskey]

"But the Tories said it showed the government had lost touch with reality. "

And I say this shows how the Tories don't have a sense of humour.

[gopher]

Martin_Hx said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7571973.stm

"Downing Street has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after making a jokey video in response to a petition for Jeremy Clarkson to be made PM. "

BBC article said:

But the Tories said it showed the government had lost touch with reality.

[ludo]

Martin_Hx said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7571973.stm

"Downing Street has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after making a jokey video in response to a petition for Jeremy Clarkson to be made PM. "

I wonder if any taxpayers' money was spent producing this humourless response?

ETA: I mean the conservatives humourless response to the video of course, the video being mildly amusing.

Edited by ludo on Wednesday 20th August 11:35