Rejected petition Sack Jeremy Clarkson

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The Dept for Culture, Media and Sport profess that they protect equality. This petition demands that they invoke that protection and dismiss Mr Clarkson from Top Gear and annul his contract with the BBC for his use of an offensive racist term whilst reciting a nursery rhyme during the filming of Top Gear.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This is a matter for the BBC.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 4 May 2014
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