Not in my name, Jeremy Clarkson

For the information of Jeremy Clarkson, not everyone of his age thinks the same way. His latest desperate grab at appeal for his rapidly fading star is unacceptable.

It is in keeping with his arrogance that he considers that such immature, odious and outdated thoughts are the norm in this age group.

Hoping that he is part of a dying breed is probably forlorn. There will always be those who rise to infamy based on transient popular appeal and whose “celebrity” and wealth gives them the false belief that they hold an important role in society.

I would be grateful if he could keep his disgusting thoughts to himself.

Matt Minshall

Brittany, France

Why hasn’t Clarkson been sacked? If a Black woman had written this about a white man, the hue and cry and outrage would have had her dropped like a hot potato

Joanna Pallister

Durham City

While I share Nicola Sturgeon’s condemnation of Jeremy Clarkson’s entirely inappropriate comments about Meghan Markle, is the SNP leader really in a position to criticise Clarkson so severely?

Sturgeon wonders about Clarkson: “What is it that makes someone so distorted by hate?” Yet, not long ago, Sturgeon stated emphatically that she detests Tories. 

Martin Redfern

Roxburghshire

Jeremy Clarkson is a product of his environment, just as we all are. In his case, it is Repton, a public school, of which he has been identified as a notable alumni.

Another public school – Eton – lays claim among numerous others, including Jacob Rees-Mogg, the staunch opposer of a woman’s right to choose, and our former PM, Boris Johnson, a man who appears serially alien to the truth. His expansive CV includes an abandonment of many things, most recently his constituency in the interests of holidays and obscenely lucrative “lecture tours”. Tory ranks include many others of similar provenance with attitudes detached from those of a wider society.

Jeremy Clarkson’s comments were ugly and uncomfortable but is the impact of others in government that has the greater gravitas. It is notable that the Clarendon Group public schools, of which Eton is one, were referred to in the eponymous report in the following terms – “These schools have been the chief nurseries of our statesmen.”

This observation was made in 1864. Regrettably, it is still true today and unless action is taken, that state of affairs will continue into the foreseeable future. The model was not fit for the 20th century – let alone the 21st. It is not in society’s interests to continue to facilitate this antique claptrap.

David Nelmes

Caerleon, Newport

What do people wearing three jumpers think when they see the BBC news presenter in a short-sleeved dress?

Possibly that their licence fee is being used to overheat the studio? A stylish jacket would be more thoughtful.

Jane Penson

Buckinghamshire