He hasn't backed down either.

That's unfair on Damo

The fury has been hilarious. This is Jeremy Clarkson - EVERYONE knows he says controversial things simply to get a reaction, and he's got it.

If the BBC didn't want this kind of controversy, why invite Clarkson on the One Show on the day of the strikes anyway? You know what you're going to get with him, so in my view, the BBC asked for it.

Clarkson for Prime Minister.

According to the BBC site he's apologised.

Clarksons like Marmite

Some people are so OTT. Its a joke,get over yourselfs ffs

"Your dustbins haven't been emptied Mr. Clarkson? Sorry all the bin men have been shot!"

"Street lights not working near your house Mr. Clarkson? Sorry all the maintenance crews have been shot!"

"You can't get a blood test done in hospital Mr. Clarkson? Sorry all the technicians have been shot!"

"You're in hospital and no one will empty your bedpan Mr. Clarkson? Sorry all the nurses have been shot!"

Hilarious.

And missing the point

QED FA

The BBC introduced him as being controversial and asked him the questions they wanted him to be controversial on and weren't let down

What a dull life it would be without the other side of the coin.

Why would anyone get upset at such comments- If he had said something like cancer sufferers deserve to suffer in pain due to cuts I could understand it, but shoot strikers, come on.

If its not funny just ignore it as being nonsense.

QED again

The whole thing smacks of a completely stage managed PR stunt.

He was given leading questions by the presenters which he no doubt been briefed about and for which he had prepared comments for. He then replies back with "witty"(sic) remarks.

The media then fall into line and create an artifcially induced storm of protest.

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The BBC's merchandise arm will be making a mint

Don't agree with Clarkson's political views 1 iota, but I must have been the only person who found his comments funny. But, unfortunately, we live in a politically correct state, where such comments are frowned upon. It's all very Pythonesque to me. It's really quite pathetic, that something like this is deemed news-worthy when British soldiers are dieing in Afghanistan, the Euro/ eurozone is collapsing, people are starving in Africa, pensions issue, etc is going on worldwide.

ps/ I'd have shot the unions for allowing Gordon Brown to plunder the pensions pot a few years ago, and standing back, doing nothing about it.

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25 years member of the General Municipal Boilermakers union...

Absolutely. I compared him to our own AP on another thread.

Politeness is possibly the greatest virtue the human race posesses. It's saved more lives than the entire history of the medical profession.

I think the union guy on telly this morning got it right when he said 'Clarkson is just like the bar room bore, you move away but he follows'

What he said was not funny, but I doubt it was truly offensive in itself, but it does show his remoteness from ordinary peoples problems and that he has a 'let them starve' attitude, so long as he isn't inconvenienced.