Scots MPs call for action over Jeremy Clarkson's 'bile-filled' Meghan Markle column
dailyrecord.co.ukScottish MPs have written to the editor of the Sun to condemn an article published by Jeremy Clarkson about the Duchess of Sussex, in which he also said he "hated" Nicola Sturgeon.In the piece, published in The Sun on Friday, Clarkson wrote that he had dreamed of Meghan Markle being paraded through British towns and publicly shamed, adding that “everyone who’s my age thinks the same way”.
He added that he "hated" Meghan on a "cellular level", more than he hated the First Minister or serial killer Rose West.The article attracted criticism from high-profile figures and his own daughter, Emily Clarkson, and was removed from The Sun’s website on Monday afternoon at Clarkson’s request.
He has since tweeted: "Oh dear. I've rather put my foot in it."The SNP's Westminster group of MPs wrote to Sun editor Victoria Newton on Monday to call for action on the ex-Top Gear host, a columnist for the paper for several years.
The letter, authored by equalities spokesperson Kirsten Oswald, said the views the Grand Tour host had espoused were "abhorrent".Ms Oswald wrote: "To print a comparison of the democratically elected First Minister of Scotland to a serial killer is shocking and entirely inappropriate.
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