BBC clears Clarkson over new racism row: Corporation rules 'pikey' is NOT offensive after travellers' group complains about joke
- Word became part of 'running gag' between Clarkson and James May
- It was about their colleague Richard Hammond's perceived cheap style
- Complaint lodged by Traveller Movement after word appeared in epsiode
- But BBC Trust says there was 'no intended racist reference' on Top Gear
The ruling stated: ‘The committee believed the word “pikey” had evolved into common parlance among a number of people to mean “chavvy” or “cheap” and … viewers would not necessarily associate it with the Gipsy and Traveller communities.’
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