So whats with all this Shock and Horror?

I love Jeremy Clarkson and i probably shouldn't. I mean he is ignorant, rude, probably one of the most conservative people on British telly and lets be honest on occasion he can be a little bit of a bully. So why do i love Jeremy Clarkson? Well besides his clearly conservative views and his right leaning manner Jeremy is prone to brilliant flashes of common sense, i suspect that lurking around somewhere in that massive head of his is a little bit of a leftist even if he doesn't quite know it. You also have to love his honesty i mean there are hundreds of dickheads on TV who are not quite as forthcoming about being a dickhead as he is. Also as someone on the left my scepticism is instantly triggered when i hear anyone saying things like Governments should "build park benches and that is it. They should leave us alone." primarily because I don't know who he means by "us" is he talking about you and I or is he talking about the free market. Is he talking about those stupid laws which shortsighted governments introduce which never actually solve a problem but simply make life a little more awkward or is he talking about carbon taxes and regulation. Although in saying that he does live in the infamous "Nanny State" and a bit of government bashing in England could be viewed as healthy if not completely necessary and perhaps the same could be said for most European countries. I think in many ways Jeremy Clarkson reminds me of Fox's Bill O'Reilly as much as i disagree with Bill i cant help but like something about him I'm not quite sure what it is. It's a presence that says "look at me, listen to me then shut up and sit down" a sort of mad charisma. Of course Jeremy is nowhere near as bad as Bill you would be hard pushed to find someone who is. But the point is i like Jeremy Clarkson as racist as he can be "Chinese people have no souls"(The Sun) he does make you and hundreds of thousands of others laugh mainly because of how ridiculous some of the things he comes out with are and how sometimes they contain a beacon of truth "America: 250 million w****rs  living in a country with no word for w****r". But Clarkson is just a writer and a personality and maybe its not all true and in fact apart of a persona. Clarkson was quoted as alluding to this when He met Allastair Campbell "I don't believe what I write, any more than you (Alastair Campbell) believe what you say". So what exactly is the point of this Blog entry i can hear you asking yourself. Does Daniel have nothing better to do than to confess his adoration of Jeremy Clarkson? As most of you know Jeremy Clarkson appeared on "the one show" and made a series of comments which immediately prompted an on air apology(Most know about this as within a day of it happening it got more coverage and  attention then the Congo does in a month). Now i didn't write this blog to get entangled in some pointless argument about whether or not he meant it or whether or not he was joking. Was what Jeremy Clarkson said acceptable this is also not something i want to get involved in but i will say that having "someone shot" is an expression and not an intention or incitement. What i do want to ask though is what is with all the shock and horror? I mean how long has Jeremy Clarkson been with the BBC now? As far as i know Clarkson started with Top Gear in the late 80's so the world or at least Britain should have had enough time by now to get used to his controversial brand of humour and maybe the BBC should have learnt that a live show like "The One Show" is probably not the best place for him. and why the surprise and disgust at this anti-union sentiment. We are talking about Britain here its not too long ago that Thatcher and Reagen embarked on a vendetta to crush the unions. British governments and the British higher class is still full of people who despise the unions a whole band of Jeremy Clarksons like something form Harry Enfields classic sketch "Clarkson Island". I love how people will criticise Clarkson in the weeks to come tearing him from limb to limb, calling for his resignation requesting he be sacked everyone will throw in their two cents and it will be forgotten about in a week. Will it politicise people? Encourage interests in the unions? Cause people to perhaps think of the role the media plays in the public perception of the unions in Britain? Probably not.