Jeremy Clarkson has cultivated a likeable character. He acts the fool but clearly he is no fool. Watching him and his co-presenters on Top Gear you could easily imagine the script had been written by a twelve year old schoolboy. The childish antics and behaviour are amusing so long as you don’t take it all seriously.
His latest foot in mouth attacks thousands of Public Sector workers and will offend most of them. His comments that Public Sector strikers should be taken out and executed in front of their families would be offensive when talking about evil and dispicable people but when said about decent people who are simply exercising a democratic right to protest and strike over the terms and conditions they are employed under, it is an outrageous thing to say.
Jeremy Clarkson makes a living from doing what many would pay to do if they had the opportunity. He may consider it hard work and he may work hard to develop the character he presents himself as, however he should learn that there are boundaries to what he thinks are funny comments.
He went on to say “ 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. “
I would love to see how he would feel if he did a real job of work. If he was a hospital cleaner, a nurse, a teacher or street cleaner would he think he was well paid with a wonderful pension? I doubt it. I have no doubt that if he were a public sector worker he would be stating his strong view that public sector workers were being unfairly treated by a Government who seem to think that earning millions in the City is a good thing but earning thousands in the public sector is bad.
Jeremy Clarkson needs to grow up and open his eyes to the real world rather than ignoring it, while he plays around in fast cars and get paid excessively for the privilege. He referred to people in the private sector having to work for a living. He is right that they do but few would consider what he does anything like having a real job and he should think about that before criticising others who do work very hard for wages that would not cover his yearly petrol bill.
When people are threatened with jail for joking about blowing up Robin Hood Airport or suggesting we should all go out and have a riot it would seem outrageous, and perhaps be linked to having friends in high places, if Jeremy Clarkson avoids a visit from the local police. It seems that you only have to speak to a policeman these days to get arrested so I would expect he would then be arrested pending enquiries. This is after all what we have come to expect to happen in the United Kingdom of today.
It would have been so much simpler if he had just kept his big mouth shut but I assume he was on the One Show promoting his latest book or TV show or some other way of making easy money. What a shame the public sector workers do not have the easy opportunities to make money that he, in his privileged position, has.
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