Suspended Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has seemingly apologised to Ed Miliband over Twitter for pulling news attention away from the Labour leader.

Clarkson took to Twitter hours after his suspension from the BBC was announced writing “Sorry Ed” on the social network.

The tweet is seen as a mocking apology to Miliband who had allowed a media insight into his family life, while news coverage has focused on Clarkson.

That attention came after the BBC announced it had suspended the Top Gear host “following a fracas” with a producer. As a result, the three remaining episodes of the current series are understood to have been postponed.

This Sunday’s episode was to feature Clarkson with co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May getting to grips with classic cars including a Fiat 124 Spider, an MGB GT and a Peugeot 304 cabriolet.

They were going to take to the road and end up at a classic track day, while Gary Lineker was due to be the “star in a reasonably priced car”.

May tweeted that there would be “No Top Gear this weekend” and suggested the BBC should screen 633 Squadron instead.

Richard Hammond chipped in before it drew two replies from Clarkson, ahead of the “Sorry Ed” tweet.

Spirits did not seem to be downtrodden in the Clarkson camp, as Em Clarkson, the presenter’s daughter, tweeted….

The presenter has lurched from controversy to controversy in recent months – offending foreign diplomats, viewers, MPs and his own bosses at the BBC.

A BBC spokeswoman said: “Following a fracas with a BBC producer, Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended pending an investigation.

“No one else has been suspended. Top Gear will not be broadcast this Sunday. The BBC will be making no further comment at this time.”