Scottish politicians have called for Clarkson, who made the comment in Australia at a live stage version of 'Top Gear', to be taken off the air until he apologises for his comments.
The remark that particularly drew their ire was: "We've got this one-eyed Scottish idiot, he keeps telling us everything's fine and he's saved the world, and we know he's lying."
MPs have taken umbrage at the anti-Scottish tone of Clarkson's words, the fact that he was making at a joke at the expense of someone's partial blindness and that he accused Brown of being a liar.
This latest controversy, which is sure to be dubbed "Eyegate", comes just three months after .
Before that, in July, '.
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