Jeremy Clarkson embroiled in yet ANOTHER row – this time with bizarre 'pink ties' jibe
JEREMY Clarkson has become embroiled in yet ANOTHER Twitter row - this time with a Labour MP.
Labour's shadow transport minister Michael Dugher provoked the Top Gear presenter's ire by describing him as "basically an idiot" who was "not remotely representative of motorists".
Clarkson replied on Twitter, saying: "Labour's transport spokesman says he doesn't like Top Gear. Good. We don't make it for people who wear pink ties."
Mr Dugher followed this by posting: "Obviously I wear red ties a lot. But what's wrong with the occasional pink one?! What on earth might someone be implying...?"
The MP, who said he did not watch the hit BBC show, described the Top Gear presenters as "a bunch of old blokes wearing jeans and sports jackets".
Top Gear's executive producer Andy Wilman then went on to join the debate.
He said: "He must be Mystic Meg if he knows what we do without watching the show. If he bothered to watch it, he would know that we take as much pleasure out of celebrating a 1,500 estate car battling its way across Africa as we do from a Bugatti Veyron running at top speed. I'll take his point on the jeans though."
The row is far from the first time that Clarkson has caused controversy.
We don't make it for people who wear pink ties
An incident last October saw the 54-year-old and his Top Gear co-hosts James May and Richard Hammon hounded out of Argentina after outraging locals
The controversy began after Clarkson was spotted driving a vehicle with the numberplate 'H982 FKL' - apparently referring to the Falklands War.
Things got worse when another numberplate with an expletive was found in Clarkson's abandoned car in the South American country by local police.
The licence plate, which read 'BE11 END', was found inside Clarkson's ditched and smashed up vintage Porsche.
Earlier in the year Clarkson was put on a final warning by the BBC following claims he used the 'n-word' while reciting the nursery rhyme Eeny, Meeny, Miny Moe during Top Gear filming.
That led to Mr Dugher's colleague, Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman, calling for the BBC to sack the presenter.
Clarkson was also cleared of breaching the broadcasting code by watchdog Ofcom after comparing a Japanese car to people with growths on their faces.
He previously faced a storm of protest from mental health charities after he branded people who throw themselves under trains as "selfish".
In another episode probed by Ofcom, Clarkson was blasted for commenting that there was a "slope" on a bridge they had built over the River Kwai, as local man walked over it.
The presenter was also forced to apologise for telling BBC1's The One Show that striking workers should be shot.
