8 January 2008: Jeremy Clarkson for Prime Minister

Since November 2006 the official Web site of the UK Prime Minister has allowed UK citizens to propose and vote on petitions. And one such petition asks that Prime Minister Gordon Brown resign and hand over power to Jeremy Clarkson, the gruff and opinionated presenter of the BBC TV motoring programme, Top Gear.

Over 30,000 people have signed the petition, making it the sixth most popular posted on the site; more popular even than the one to reduce the tax on petrol.

So far both Mr Clarkson and the current Prime Minister have refused to comment on the campaign.