Having given due consideration to an e-petition demanding that Gordo stand down and make way for Jeremy Clarkson as PM - a campaign which attracted an impressive 49,447 signatures - Downing Street has posted a response on its YouTube channel:

We'll take that as a no, then. A shame, really, because it means the dream of petrol at 1p a litre and a 500mph speed limit is well and truly dead. ®

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