[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

Jeremy Clarkson was last night at the centre of a new storm – after saying that babies should be put in the luggage hold on flights.

The Top Gear presenter had just flown to Scotland when he tweeted: ‘When will British Airways realise that babies belong in the hold?’

But Justine Roberts, of the website Mumsnet, hit back: ‘There are plenty of Mumsnet users hoping British Airways will realise Jeremy Clarkson belongs in the hold'

Clarkson, 53, has a long history of talking himself into trouble. He has joked about the deaths of 23 Chinese cockle-pickers in Morecambe, suggested striking public sector workers should be shot, mocked Korean automobile workers for eating dogs and branded BMW ‘Nazis’

Yesterday, in response to The Mail on Sunday’s enquiries about babies flying he tweeted: ‘Mine didn’t fly till they were old enough to behave.’

BA said: ‘We welcome families, including infants, in all cabins.’

The BBC would not comment

Clarkson has previously been criticised for his outspoken opinions.

Most recently, he sparked outrage when he cracked a joke about the Stuart Hall scandal.

He wrote on Twitter: 'Can I just say that I've worked at the BBC for 24 years and in all that time no-one has ever tried to put his finger in my bottom.'

Ex-BBC football commentator Stuart Hall admitted 12 indecent assaults on girls aged nine to 17 over 18 years last week and was labelled an 'opportunistic predator.'


He also described former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is blind in one eye, as a 'one-eyed Scottish idiot' while on tour in Australia in 2009.

In 2010 an audience member told him she was American during an episode of Top Gear, to which he replied: 'You can't be, you're nowhere near fat enough'

He said the Perodua Kelisa was probably built in the jungle by people who wear leaves for shoes in a 2007 broadcast, enraging the Malaysian manufacturers.

While driving a truck in 2008 he made a joke about lorry drivers murdering prostitutes, saying: 'You've got to change gear, change gear, change gear, check mirror... murder a prostitute. Change gear, change gear, murder. That's a lot of effort in a day.'


After Top gear co-host Richard Hammond described Mexicans as being 'feckless' and 'lazy' in 2011, Clarkson joked that Mexico wouldn't complain as the country's UK ambassador would asleep in front of the TV. He wasn't, and a complaint was issued


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Maybe he was in the lucky position to have his kids grandparents living near him, alot of people don't have that luxury, and some parents (gasp) like to their their babies on holiday not leave them behind, or is he suggesting all families holiday in the UK until their children are of a certain age, what a total prat.

Jeremy Clarkson is an arsehole, and people should just ignore him, but being stuck in a metal tin for 4 or 5 hours with a baby screaming for the duration is an absolutely horrible experience.

Other people pay for their flights as well as families.

[Cherie]

Never been on plane journey where a baby has cried continually for the duration and I get on a plane an average of 12 times a year, you must be just unlucky!

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

Jeremy Clarkson is an arsehole, and people should just ignore him, but being stuck in a metal tin for 4 or 5 hours with a baby screaming for the duration is an absolutely horrible experience.

Other people pay for their flights as well as families.

I agree it is awful. Also if you have an older child kicking the back of your chair and continually grabbing the back of your chair and your hair but I don't know what could be done as children will be children. I have only taken my son once on a plane and he was 10 months old. I was really bothered before we went that he would be a nightmare but luckily he slept through most of the flight except when another screaming child woke him up. It's just as stressful for the parents as it is for other passengers more so in some cases as you know everyone is looking and judging you.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by anniek76

I agree it is awful. Also if you have an older child kicking the back of your chair and continually grabbing the back of your chair and your hair but I don't know what could be done as children will be children. I have only taken my son once on a plane and he was 10 months old. I was really bothered before we went that he would be a nightmare but luckily he slept through most of the flight except when another screaming child woke him up. It's just as stressful for the parents as it is for other passengers more so in some cases as you know everyone is looking and judging you.

Now that I don't agree with at all, if children are of the age where they can do this parents really should be in control. We never allowed our kids to put their feet on the seat in front, they always took their shoes off and sat with their feet on their own seat if they needed a change of position, and they were never close enough to the person in front or behind to grab their hair. I hate it when parents let their toddlers lean over the seats into the seat in front or behind, so unnecessary. Babies tend to cry if awake on take off and landing and sleep in between.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Now that I don't agree with at all, if children are of the age where they can do this parents really should be in control. We never allowed our kids to put their feet on the seat in front, they always took their shoes off and sat with their feet on their own seat if they needed a change of position, and they were never close enough to the person in front or behind to grab their hair. I hate it when parents let their toddlers lean over the seats into the seat in front or behind, so unnecessary. Babies tend to cry if awake on take off and landing and sleep in between.

Agree totally with this, I really feel sorry for a baby when they cry, as they are of course trying to communicate something is not right. Never mind being able to talk in languages and animal speak, I would love to be fluent in baby.
My guess that on hearing this comment from the twonk clarkson they would tell him to foff.....