The sooner the parents are held accountable for these uncontrolled yobs, the better!
Fine the parents or lock them up, they are to responsible for the upbringing of these children.

Rob, Pontefract,

Well done mate. Last year I defended the austistic young man I was escorting on a tram against the endless taunts of a group of worthless juvenile chavs a couple of years ago. During the incident one of the yobs (accidentally) got his finger under my boot. They immediately threatened legal action and I spent days expecting a call from the bill with a copy of the CCTV. Fortunately, nothing happened. I didn't dare report the incident myself for fear of prosecution.
Worse still, on that crowded tram, everyone else just looked the other way. All it would have needed was one other person to speak up. Cowardice is the new bravery for sure!
This is Britain today and JC's experience is an exception, not a rule nor a paradigm shift. I spend as little time in Britain as I can. It's a horrid little country nowadays.

Paul, Cusco, Peru

I say well done! People like that should be taught discipline, maybe going back to old corporal punishment is the only way to teach arrogant yobbos what is right and wrong! It would certainly be better than the soft consequence systems schools use now, which are too soft in some areas, and too harsh in others.

John, London,

I don't think he should have assaulted these children, no matter how atagonistic they were. He is the adult (and a big one) and they are children. Firstly, he should give up smoking if he wants to avoid the hoi poli out there and secondly he should have just walked back inside the dome instead of thinking that the best thing to do was attack a 14 year old!

JC was totally in the wrong here and probably thinks he's some sort of vigilante. I'd like to know what his reaction would have been if this group of children had've been grown men. Not the same, I bet!

I have been in a similar situation while walking home from work and I saw group of teenagers on a council estate beating up a younger boy. I shouted and screamed at them (and threatened) but I never laid a hand on them - the outcome was that they let me take the young boy home and left us alone.

Kim, London,

The crime was that this useless, pointless, society-draining oiks were born in the first place.

Laura Roberts, London, UK

I don't always agree with Mr Clarkson but I'm with him on this one. Well done!

Chris, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Sadly , I think he only thing saving Jeremy from getting nicked was his celebrity status.Joe Public would not have been treated so leniently - it would have been an easy nick, ticked a few boxes and no chance of embarrassing publicity on Top Gear.

Bill Fisher, Dartford, Kent

Good job Jeremy.

J, Cape Town,

Well done Jeremy. The kids are so brazen these days because they have grown up in a world where no-one can touch them. I was confronted by a gang of youths on a golf course who were surprised when I whacked one of them with a seven iron. It would be better all round if teachers and the police could give them a clip around the ear, save the rest of us from having to defend ourselves with force.

Stephen, Cambs, UK

Conscription is the prescription.

mike sawyer, london, london

I think if more people stood up to these yobs & the police used more common sence (read between the lines) there would be a lot less yobs on the streets lets do to them what they like to do intimerdate them

Mr suckling, stevenage,

Good work Clarkson! I think this further supports claims that you should be PM.

Phil Dyson, Leeds,

Nice one Jeremy!!!

I hate the fact that these yobs (cowards) go around in groups and cause many people grief. It's not called for and it's not what britain is about. They taint our great nation.

Barry Loynes, milton keynes, buckinghamshire

There is no doubt in my mind this is just one of many ugly incidents involving teenagers in the UK on this particular day. Jeremy is a bit of a celebrity so this story is told in the press. Why are the parents of these youngsters not on the carpet answering some tough questions? We are living in Singapore at the moment where parents are always responsible for their children's behaviour and we accept that fact. No excuses. Why has society decided this is an unacceptable burden on parents in the UK ? It seems there is more effort put into banning Christmas. I am so tired of the idea that parents can excuse themselves from their reponsibilities vis a vis their own children. Mutual respect and social responsibility is part of the fabric of society here and it is undoubtedly one of the safest places we have ever lived in. Oh, and by the way, Christmas is alive and well in Singapore and no one is offended...but that's another story.

Colin Suter, Singapore, Singapore

Congratulations Jeremy.

It's about time that people realise that being nice to these gangs of scallies and chavs should have a little bit of discipline rather than being molly coddled. You were with your daughter and should have been left alone. It amazes me though that after gangs like this hurt and laugh at other people, as soon as they are stood up to it is them who call the police!! They are lucky that they ran into an adult who was concerned about not breaking any laws.

Hopefully this will be one example among others to pave the way for people to stand up against these silly youths.

Well done Jeremy.

Jonathan Sykes, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire

I Think everyone should stand up for them Selfs
Well done Jeremy!

Declan, Poulton, UK

Having watched the rise of Political Correctness of the last few decades which started with "listen to the children they are being abused" - all the fluffy bunny left wingers and earth mothers teaching our kids in school and all the other diatribe from the "enlightened liberals" why is it that the current generation are the most spiteful generation ever ??
Clearly they are all wrong - it aint working !
Kids were always naughty - but did they kick people in the head and film it - did women stand outside pubs with their underpants showing, pint of lager in one hand and a knuckleduster in the other - no - we - the majority - are sick of it.
Bring back common sense - PLEASE !.

Steve Dumbleton, Brighton, England

Well done Jeremy!! The problem of lack of respect comes from a huge lack of shame in our society! There's no shame in being a 'dole - ite', no shame in having illegitimate children and no shame in comitting crimes, petty or otherwise.

Sue, Telford, UK

I spent 2 years of hell when I moved from Blackheath to the
Isle of wight with a youth club opposite and it all started becauseI defended an old boy who was being pelted with coke cans, I stopped it by grabbing the ring leader who was actually a foot taller than me then they rang the police after filming it on thier mobile.Same as Jeremy I thought thats it I am now in trouble.
When the police turned up they said it was up to the parents if they wanted to press charges,but pulled me aside and said we have been dying to do that for ages.After that our lives were hell
every day I seemed to have to call the police as they hurled codoms through my letterbox,frogs which were still alive but dismembered,pulled my newly planted garden up,grafitied my house almost every day until I was so desperate with noone to turn to, but thankfully I sold the house and got the hell out. We all have to take the power back and defend ourselves I have stopped muggings and a stabbing and I am a 5ft 3 girl of 43

jacci obrien, tampa , florida

The best news ever that Police saw sense and will take no further action against JC.
I agree national lift a hoodie day looks great.
Done only because of who he was and the scum would impress people with a phone video on you tube. PATHETIC
I think Top Gear could organise a slalom Course made up of hoodies from around the UK all donated and then let the Stig loose on a times lap.
Some say he can actually eat a whole hoodie in one go others say its just the STIG bragging.

KW, Wirral , UK

Well done, Jeremy. I have never been much of a Clarkson fan but now I have seen the light.

Interesting that the gang attempted to manipulate the police into investigating an alleged "assault"... clearly these kids could push a less well-known adult into some serious trouble.

Rob, Dubai, UAE

I am a fan of Mr clarkson and Top Gear, but am a bit put off if James is gay. Only joking james, tee hee! I think Clarkson should now have a competition with the other 2 to see who can knock over as many hoodies as possible in as quick a time as possible. Of course we would expect the hoodies to be tailors dummies wouldn't we???
Does the firm that makes domestos have a hoodie vaporiser??
I expect every decent citizen to now go out onto the street and insert a hoodie upside down in a wheelie bin. Any more suggestions then please post here. I am chuffed that the police are taking the correct view here and not assisting the villain to make the victim even more miserable, ie if you fight back and get the better of them, then that spells trouble, type of scenario. Its time to all pull together and once that the seeds of this mini revolution starts to flourish then our good guys ( the pcs) may even take the speed cameras away as a xmas prezzie to the gen publc. What a refreshing change!!.

mike , manchester, uk

Well done Son,

Lets have lift a "hoody day" every day.

Thats the only way your going to get some respect from teens in the UK.

Forget about th erespect party lets have Clarkson hoody Lift party.....I would vote & thats saying something since I have only voted once in 47 years.

Gurmit, wolverhampton, UK

Good for Jeremy Clarkson. Enough is enough. If these youths want to intimidate, then they are volunteering for any injury they sustain. In other words, if they start trouble first, then they lose any right to complain.

Dave, Barwell, Leicestershire

Good on you Jeremy, its about time people had a bit of backbone instead of backing off whenever some juvenile comes marching along in his hoody. The kid is lucky he didn't get a good hiding, there no respect these days, and I'm saying that as someone who was a teenager not long ago!

Tom, leeds,

Good on you Clarkson. It is just a shame old people and other vulnerable members of society can't do the same to these yobs. And for the yobs to have the audacity to call the police! Unbelievable!

Stephen, London,

This is a daily issue for right-minded, socially responsible adults. Do you reprimand anti-social behaviour and risk being knifed or sling away and effectively condone it?

It is time that parents were held responsible for their feral teenage children

Matt Hatherway, London, UK

Well done Jeremy! I see an angle for a new television program here!

Andrew, hove,

clarkson for prime minister!

simon mawdsley, london,

Why have the police not arrested and charged the youths who were captured on CCTV threatening Jeremy Clarkson, or at least given them a good talking-to
My wife has finally convinced me to back away from confrontations with yobs rather than do what I feel is the right thing as a citizen. At the age of 68, I have to concede that she is being sensible and practical, but after a lifetime of taking practical steps to curb anti-social behaviour when it occurs near me, it feels cowardly and utterly wrong to let yobs get away with rotten behaviour.

Kiwi Expat, London, Middlesex

Good for Jeremy....

Why is this Gang still on the streets if Staff had "reprimanded" them earlier - I do hope they arrest her and bang her and her mates up for 20 years for wasting police time.

Martin, Atlanta, USA