Sir - So the BBC, in all its (ahem) wisdom, has taken the decision to sack Jeremy Clarkson, from its enormously successful 'Top Gear' programme.

While the BBC spends so much of its time, and our money, pushing women and ethnic minorities into every spare job going, of course it wants to be rid of the only real, ordinary, occasionally boorish and rude, and regularly very funny and entertaining, politically-incorrect man left working there.

After all, are we not, as the BBC would have us believe, all one homogenous gloop, sharing even the same personalities, sense of humour, notions of right and wrong, sensitivities, etc etc?

Oh sure, he hit a producer, but is sacking the only answer? Of course not! And why have the BBC not been transparent about the precise nature of events? As we understand it, it was the conclusion of a long, cold day's filming, and upon returning to their accommodation at 8pm, the kitchens were closed, and there was no hot food.

Clarkson would naturally be extremely unhappy about this, as many ordinary men would be (me included), so how did the producer respond to this? Did he apologise for his stupidity in not ensuring they had something hot to eat? Did he sympathise and try to do something about it? Or did he sneer or laugh at Clarkson, who was already tired and hungry, like poking a stick at a hungry tiger?

Clarkson might not be everybody's cup of tea, but the fact remains that he was one of the only stand out characters left at an organisation infected with political-correctness, and as I'm sure his excellent co-presenters, Richard Hammond and James May, would agree, he was not merely the lead presenter of Top Gear, he was Top Gear!

They may attempt to relaunch the same, or a similar show, but I will not be among the audience.

Will Richards

Malvern