Clarkeson joke - did anyone laugh?

[Gromit]

Jeremy Clarkeson's 'joke' the strikers should be executed, shot in front of their families seems to have upset a few people. He clearly didn't mean it, and he himself once went out on strike when he was a mere magazine journalist.

I am more offended by the joke not being at all funny. It was feeble.

He is a good motoring presenter, why do we need to know his opinion on strikers?

[AlBags]

(but not out on strike)

[ubasses]

Not only did Unison give Clarkson all the pbulicity he could wish for when he had just brought out a book and DVD (he must have been rubbing his hands in glee) they shot themselves in the foot by their Lambeth official sending threatening Emails to its members who did not want to strike calling them scabs etc.

[old-wos-is-name]

the need for publicity is a disease common only to fading personalities..

[grffindoor2011]

He gave his view. Although I doubt he meant it. I can certainly see he is annoyed by the strikes.

My view is this, private sector workers have been struggling for several years now with having to pay more into less pensions. They just get on with it.

Cameron said when he was elected that everyone in the country would be affected by cuts. From what I remember at the time, most of the public were for it. It seems, the public are only for it if it doesn't affect them.

I say to the strikers, get on with your work. Their are millions worse off than you and millions waiting to replace you.

If I was PM I wouldn't be implementing what that clown Clarkson has suggested, I would though sack anyone else that goes on strike in the future and replace them with the current unemployed.