and his tendency to speak first, think later...

Rather than concentrate on the way in which he phrased the comment, I think we should be more worried by the fact that he may actually be right.

I suspect he enjoys 'stirring it'...

His comments are better than those of a certain ex-PM's daughter.

He used three words, "One-eyed Scottish idiot", two of which are incontrovertible facts, and one is a widely held opinion.

... many things but he certainly isn't an idiot. Not in the same way that Goerge W Bush is an idiot. Clarckson may be amusing but I'm pretty certain that the country would quickly descend into civil war were he to take control of it.

has an opinion. That ain't news. What's going on at the BBC website at the moment? Snow and faux pas only (snow pas?). Is the economy no longer relevant?

This isn't news. Even the Guardian has decided to feature the 'story'. I wish the news media would stop reporting everything slightly controversial that comes out of Clarkson's mouth. All this feigned shock. It's so tiresome. I like Clarkson, but he can be a bit of a belligerent, beer-bellied, bore. And you can quote me on that.

Sickipedia sums it up best. Too nsfw to post here though!

all the fuss has been about the "one-eyed" part of the comment. If I were Gordon Brown, I'd be feeling a bit miffed that the "idiot" part seems to have been taken as fair comment.

As for the RNIB homing in on the equating of "one-eyed" with "idiot", what about the equation of "Scottish" and "idiot"? I eagerly await the entrance of the SNP into the debate...

I suppose Clarkson was being factually inaccurate with the "one-eyed" reference, as has already been noted. He should have said "partially-sighted Scottish idiot". I don't think anyone could have taken exception to that.

I would like to complain about being lumped in with the Scots. One, two, nil eyed, working or otherwise.