The Argentines really don’t know when to let go.
A judge in Argentina has been told to reopen a criminal investigation into former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson’s infamous drive through the country.
Filming of a Top Gear special was abandoned last year following protests over a number plate on a Porsche which Clarkson was driving.
The plate – which appeared to reference the 1982 Falklands War – was replaced.
Earlier this year, a local judge ruled the Top Gear team had not acted in “bad faith” in changing the plates.
But a court has now ruled the investigation be reopened, saying the crew swapped the plates knowing it was illegal.
This is an “oh, for fuck’s sake” moment. Anyone who has progressed beyond puberty really doesn’t give a fuck whether the plate was deliberate or not. It’s a non-issue unless you are a member of Argentina’s professionally offended. The Beeb, in responding to the petulant behaviour of the “veterans” changed the plate. This, now is supposed to be getting them into hot water.
But here’s the thing; suppose they have a trial and find Clarkson et al guilty. What are they going to do about it? No British court will agree to extradition, so they can swivel, frankly.
The most they can hope for is a Pyrrhic victory. Twats.
Yeah, those lovely Argentinians who demand sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, and who effectively sanction any traveller who might have put into Port Stanley without their ‘permission’. /sarc
As for Top Gear, the whole numberplate thing might have been an ‘insult’, but it’s a hell of a reach and maybe a little too subtle for Clarkson and co.
The Argies can fuck off. Maybe they should put more energy into fighting better, then they wouldn’t have this problem, would they? But you should always leave the fighting to the beer drinking nations- there is something in the hops.
I think we should allow DVLA to register another 928 with the same numberplate, and then pay Clarkson to drive and exhibit it at every major UK public event we can find.
In other words, f**k you Argentina
Are they sabre-rattling to keep the peasants distracted again? I wonder what their government is trying to hide.
I wonder what their government is trying to hide.
MORE CORRUPTION, of course!
Silly question, wasn’t it?
Lucky Argentina isn’t in the EU or Clarkson, or any of the rest of us, could be extradited on any knob-headed charge before you could say “You deserve to be offended”.
I watched those episodes and found the behaviour of the Argies genuinely frightening. Why weren’t they prosecuted for criminal offences from criminal damage to attempted murder?