Clarkson: 'I'm sorry, but Brown's still an idiot'

Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson watered down his apology today for calling UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown a “one-eyed Scottish idiot” – saying he was not sorry for “the idiot bit”.

Speaking to The Sun – in which the presenter writes a weekly column – he said: “I very specifically apologised for making fun of his personal appearance - very specifically.