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Line 98: Clarkson supported a Remain vote in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]], three days before the referendum, he and fellow presenter/best friend James May posted a video stating their support.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 June 2016 |title=Brexit: Which Celebrities Are in and Which Are Out? |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/brexit-eu-referendum-stephen-hawking-jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-michael-caine-472676}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=20 June 2016 |title=Jeremy Clarkson and James May back remain campaign – video |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2016/jun/20/jeremy-clarkson-james-may-eu-remain-campaign-video |access-date=9 May 2022 |via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref name="msn">{{cite news |date=8 January 2019 |title=Jeremy Clarkson: Trump is Bad, But Brexit is a Thousand Times Worse |work=[[MSN]] |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/jeremy-clarkson-trump-is-bad-but-brexit-is-a-thousand-times-worse/ar-BBRXKH1}}</ref> Clarkson did not support [[United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union|Brexit]], stating that while the European Union has its problems, Britain would not have any influence over the EU, should it leave the Union. He envisions the European Union being turned into a US-like "United States of Europe", with one army, one currency, and one unifying set of values.<ref name="Independent on Sunday 13 March 2016">{{cite news |last=Oppenheim |first=Maya |date=13 March 2016 |title=Jeremy Clarkson announces he wants Britain to stay in the EU to create a 'United States of Europe' |work=[[The Independent on Sunday]] |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jeremy-clarkson-announces-he-wants-britain-to-stay-in-the-eu-to-create-a-united-states-of-europe-a6928556.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 November 2017 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jeremy-clarkson-announces-he-wants-britain-to-stay-in-the-eu-to-create-a-united-states-of-europe-a6928556.html |archive-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> In 2019, Clarkson said: "Europe has to punish us—they can't allow us to leave without being damaged because then everyone will want to go. We don't want to go if we're going to be damaged."<ref name="msn" /> In a January 2019 interview with [[LBC]], Clarkson called Brexit voters "coffin-dodging idiots", though also criticised the younger voters, who overwhelmingly supported Remain, for their voting inactivity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeremy Clarkson Slams "Coffin-Dodging Idiots" Who Voted Brexit |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/interviews/jeremy-clarkson-slams-coffin-dodging-idiots-who-vo/ |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=LBC}}</ref> Clarkson's comments have both a large number of supporters and opponents. He often comments on the media-perceived social issues of the day, such as the fear of challenging adolescent youths, which he calls "[[hoodie]]s". In 2007, Clarkson was cleared of allegations of [[assault]]ing a young person while visiting central [[Milton Keynes]], after [[Thames Valley Police]] said that if anything, he had been the victim.<ref> |title=Clarkson quizzed over gang ordeal In September 2013, a tweet proposing that he might stand for election as an [[Independent politician|independent candidate]] in [[Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)|Doncaster North]], the constituency of the then [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] leader of the opposition, [[Ed Miliband]], was retweeted over 1,000 times – including by John Prescott.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 September 2013 |title=Jeremy Clarkson 'Considering Bid To Be MP' |url=http://news.sky.com/story/1141821/jeremy-clarkson-considering-bid-to-be-mp |publisher=BSkyB}}</ref> Clarkson has been critical of the [[Special Relationship]] between the United States and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clarkson |first=Jeremy |date=15 March 2009 |title=I'm starting divorce proceedings in this special relationship |work=The Times |location=London |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/im-starting-divorce-proceedings-in-this-special-relationship-btz2lq2hwjd}}</ref> He referred to the US as the "United States of Total Paranoia", commenting that one needs a permit to do everything except for purchasing weapons.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clarkson |first=Jeremy |date=2 July 2006 |title=The united states of total paranoia |work=The Times |location=London |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-united-states-of-total-paranoia-8w0vc2xdsj9}}</ref> In 2017, in response to the United States officially [[United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel|recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel]], Clarkson advised [[State of Palestine|Palestinians]] to recognise London as the capital of the United States.<ref>{{cite news |date=9 December 2017 |title=Announce London as the capital of America, Ex-Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson advises Palestine |work=[[The Siasat Daily]] |url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/announce-london-capital-america-ex-top-gear-star-jeremy-clarkson-advises-palestine-1275948/}}</ref> | |||