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Jeremy Clarkson was in the city as part of his Top Gear tour less than two weeks ago, and now he’s written a damning account of his time in Liverpool in The Sunday Times.

Top Gear’s front man Jeremy Clarkson came to Liverpool for a two-night appearance at the Echo Arena with his co-stars James May and Richard Hammond.

And in his weekly column he claimed that the waitress who served him breakfast was unaware of what a kipper was when he requested one for breakfast, and when Clarkson asked: ‘Can I have some Tabasco?’ with the oysters he was having for dinner, the waitress didn’t know what the sauce was either.

The controversial TV presenter, who is in fact a Northerner himself, continued to slate Liverpool as he recalled: “Over the years my trips to Liverpool have always been extremely memorable. On one occasion I found that the door to my hotel room was blocked by a girl who was lying in the corridor, having apparently died.”

In another account, Clarkson claimed: “On another the constant burglar alarms meant that I checked out of my hotel at 2am and drove back to London for a bit of piece and quiet. Oh, and I nearly forgot: there was the time a blood-soaked chap sprinted into the restaurant in which I was dining and ran amok with a knife.”

The details of where Clarkson stayed or dined within the city are unknown.

The Top Gear star didn’t hold back in his review as he lashed out once more.

He said: “Ordering Whispering Angel in Liverpool is like a Liverpudlian strolling into the Savoy at teatime, in a shell suit, and demanding seven pints of vodka. He’s going to be shown the door.”

The ‘Whispering Angel’ wine he refers to is priced at £15.99 on one website, and a fairly average £10 on another.

He likened the economic crisis currently gripping southern Europe to Britain’s north-south divide.

He then also hits out at Southerners saying: “Closer to home we have soft-living, champagne-soaked southerners imagining that they know best for northern cities such as Liverpool."

Clarkson said: “We go up there (northern England) and say, ‘Look what we’ve given you, Gary: a Tracey Emin hotel and slavery museum, all full of Ed Miliband bumper-sticker slogans. Aren’t you grateful?’“ But Gary isn’t grateful because he doesn’t like Primrose Hill sensibilities or mood lighting.”

He said the “north of England has never been more different from the south of England”.

“People up there (north) earn less, die more quickly, have fewer jobs and live in houses that are worth the square root of sod all.”

During his visit to Liverpool for Top Gear live Clarkson claimed he had a crush on Abbey Clancy.

*This piece has been edited. Here is an article on Clarkson’s riposte to the ECHO.

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