Clarkson fans attack headquarters BBC with a tank

Posted on 20-03-2015 at 14:04 by Dizono – 35 Comments”

Center in London, at the headquarters of the BBC is a tank is signalled with The Stig and a banner with the text #bringbackclarkson. Will Putin now also with #Clarksongate interfere?

No, it is -fortunately – a little bit more nuanced. Under the hastag #bringbackclarckson (not entirely coincidentally, BBC is again the abbreviation) is an online petition going on, where almost a million fans of Top Gear, their signature left behind. They find that Jeremy Clarkson back on the air, despite his eccentricities with respect to a producer. At the time of writing they had a spacious 9000 signatures shortage, but today the initiators of the (almost) 1 million signatures yet, bring in the BBC. They do that in special transport: a 17-ton Abbott tank.

On the turret is a poor imitation of The Stig and banners on the side of the tank making it clear where the gentlemen for coming. A blitzkrieg is no question, the British police had this morning been a message going out that the inhabitants of London should not be scared when they have a tank through the capital to see drive. In the Netherlands the police is already difficult on a beer bike…

The driving force behind the tank-action is Guido Fawkes. That is a pseudonym for the creators of the website order-order.com. Fawkes was a British soldier and conspirator against the king, who lived between 1570 and 1606, and which is usually depicted with a pointed beard and matching moustache. You feel it already coming: Guido Fawkes is the character from V for Vendetta and also the logo of Anonymous. Only does this Guido Fawkes then again nothing to do with Anonymous.

UPDATE: We also now have moving picture of the tank:

Photo: jordan609 on Instagram