AA Boss dismissed in 'Jeremy Clarkson-style' fracas

The Automobile Association - popularly known as breakdown cover and insurance firm AA – has sacked its Executive Chairman after a ‘Jeremy Clarkson style’ fracas with a colleague.

Bob Mackenzie was dismissed for gross misconduct on Tuesday with multiple reports that the now-ex-Chairman had lashed out at a male colleague at a hotel bar.

In March 2015, Jeremy Clarkson’s BBC contract was not renewed after physical and verbally assaulting a BBC producer.

A statement from the AA read: “Bob Mackenzie has been removed by the Board from his role as Executive Chairman, from his other roles and as a Director and as an employee of the company, for gross misconduct.”