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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-petition-guido-fawkes-bbc-top-gear

Jeremy Clarkson petition: is Guido Fawkes making tracks for the BBC?



This article is about a website called Guido Fawkes which reached out on Twitter on how to get a tank to get one million signatures for Jeremy Clarkson to come back to Top Gear.

• the site promised a “big surprise” if the petition, then at more than 960,000, passed the landmark figure. It continued to push the petition on Friday, obviously keen to get to 1m by lunchtime.
• The publicity around Clarkson’s foul-mouthed tirade against BBC bosses at a charity event on on Thursday night could help Guido’s petition top over 1m – although growth in the number of signatures has slowed in recent days.

It shows how powerful social media is, Twitter was able to get people to tweet and trend in favour of Jeremy Clarkson. Consumers suggested ways of getting a hold of a tank to reinforce the one million signatures on the petition.