It has been revealed that Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has shocked viewers by being 'really nice about Gordon Brown'. Clarkson had been forced to apologise to Gordon Brown back in February for calling him a "one-eyed Scottish idiot." But this week the presenter amazed viewers when he said that Gordon Brown was "an outstanding prime minister, possibly the best since Gladstone."

Clarkson went on to say, "If Gordon Brown were a car, he would be an old but worthy Mk 2 Jaguar. Yep, it breaks down rather a lot but it has form... and it has style... and anyone who owns one quickly gets used to it being in and out of the garage, and knows that one day very soon they will be forced to mothball it. But, here's the thing... it is a classic."

Clarkson was later forced by the BBC to retract his statement after disappointed Top Gear viewers complained that Clarkson was "clearly not himself." In his retraction, Clarkson, said, "I apologise unreservedly for my error of being nice about Gordon Brown. I compared him to a classic car when in fact what I meant to compare him to was 'an extension of a penis'. In fact I would go so far as to say that he is much, much closer to being a 'one eyed Scottish trouser snake'.