Re the “Scottish” part of it……….I’m Scottish and it didn’t bother me one bit. Neither would “Scotty, Jock, Jocko, haggis muncher, funny skirt wearer” or any of those sort of things. It also doesn’t bother me if folk make jokes about Scots being mean, or drunks etc. I make the same jokes myself.
Wouldn’t bother me if the remarks were by Clarkson, Carol Thatcher, Prince Harry or anyone else. It’s a free country, they can say what they like.
So will anyone trying desperately to be offended on my behalf, or on behalf of most other Scots, please stop. It’s nice of you to make the effort, but it really doesn’t bother us.
Same would apply if I was Indian, Pakistani, Irish, Jewish, one-legged or whatever. It’s only words.