Clarkson on The One Show...now

[Len]

Empty pockets = loss of sense of humour 

Chip shop owner with empty pockets? Never!

[Steve_PD]

Bloody daily mail readers 

[clipperjay]

Empty pockets = loss of sense of humour 

Chip shop owner with empty pockets? Never!

I heard fish isnt cheap anymore how much per stone?

[Guy]

do you think that he meant that the strikers children should watch them being executed too? that might be a bit far... parents and significant others would be just about enough.

[AudiA8Quattro]

Chip shop manager, not owner unfortunately.
Its a good living, but still not enough to vote conservative 
As for Clarkson, i agree that he says things as a joke, but the timing wasn't exactly great.
I've never been that keen on him, each to there own i guess 

[Uruk Hai]

What made me laugh was when he said "the rest of US have to WORK" and if my memory serves me he was pooring with sweat just doing a plug and oil change on a shed of a Maserati 

I doubt the bloke has anything like a days real "work" in him 

[boneybradley]

too many people moan about anything....23000 complaints so far and how many heard the whole thing?

Matt Baker [presenter]: Well Jeremy, schools, hospitals, airports, even driving tests, have all been affected. Do you think the strikes have been a good idea?

Jeremy Clarkson [guest]: I think they have been fantastic. Absolutely. London today has just been empty. Everybody stayed at home, you can whizz about, restaurants are empty.

Alex Jones [presenter]: The traffic, actually, has been very good today.

Jeremy Clarkson: Airports, people streaming through with no problems at all. And it's also like being back in the 70s. It makes me feel at home somehow.

Matt Baker: Do you know anyone who has been on strike today?

Jeremy Clarkson: Of course I don't, no. What, somebody public service? No, I don't. No, absolutely. But we have to balance this though, because this is the BBC.

Matt Baker: Yes, exactly.

Jeremy Clarkson: Frankly, I'd have them all shot. I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families. I mean, how dare they go on strike when they have these gilt-edged pensions that are going to be guaranteed while the rest of us have to work for a living?

Matt Baker: Well, on that note of balancing an opinion, of course those are Jeremy's views.

Alex Jones: Only Jeremy's views.

Jeremy Clarkson: They're not. I've just given two views for you.

[Horney]

What made me laugh was when he said "the rest of US have to WORK" and if my memory serves me he was pooring with sweat just doing a plug and oil change on a shed of a Maserati 

I doubt the bloke has anything like a days real "work" in him 

Just because he works with a pen and not a screw driver doesn't mean he doesn't graft. I know two people who have worked with him and both said he's a workaholic.

nick

[golf-sib]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HJP0WXyeaA&feature=youtu.be

I lol'd and I'm in the public sector and don't support the good for nothing PCS union 

[Gti_Jamo]

Its rediculous, too many people complaining. If I ever get to the stage in life were i'm writing in complaining about what someone said on tv I have already requested to be shot. People don't seem to get Clarkson's irony. Because he is part of the bbc he has to be seen to make a stand against protesting and strikes and his comments were an attempt at a humorous exaggeration against bbc's policy. Nothing more. People who were offended need to take a long hard look at themselves.