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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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