Top Gear presenter's greatest adversary can't help sticking the knife in on Twitter as row over his alleged use of 'n-word' grows

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Piers Morgan has faced a few forced departures in his time, from the Daily Mirror to CNN, and his Twitter biog famously reads "One day you're the cock of the walk, the next a feather duster". Inevitably, the former Mirror editor was quick to pick up on his former paper's front-page story on his greatest adversary's alleged use of the n-word during filming of Top Gear, tweeting:

Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) If this N-word allegation is true, @JeremyClarkson is TV toast, surely? > pic.twitter.com/662FAVpfQG @DailyMirror

The schadenfreude continued, with Morgan adding shortly later:



Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) Ron Atkinson was fired by @ITV for using the N-word. Don't see how the BBC can avoid firing @JeremyClarkson if he did the same.

He followed this up by retweeting comments from his timeline:

annie levy (@anniemakeup) @piersmorgan BBC fired Angus Deayton for cocaine and sex, I'd argue being a despicable racist is worse

Adam Kay (@amateuradam) Jeremy Paxman gone. Jeremy Clarkson gone. Good luck @theJeremyVine.

Given the history of Twitter animosity between the two presenters, Monkey can't help but hope Clarkson decides to hit back soon.