When I used to watch telly and occasionally view Top Gear I was often torn between views and couldn't make up my mind whether he was funny or was a class one pillock.
Having recently viewed a couple of recent episodes of Top Gear online and picked up a copy of The Sun on a train recently and read his views on the proposed ban on smoking in cars, it's plain to me that the latter view I held back in days of yore was the correct one.
Poor old Jeremy, gradually lapsing into old age and trying to uphold what he percieves as a bad boy image by making more and more statements that he thinks will outrage, shock and most importantly give him headlines.
He could have earned respect as a gifted commentator and program presenter but instead has chosen to try and wind up a considerable chunk of the population. He's a rich man and he's telling strikers they should get back to work and earn a living and that he'd like to execute them in front of their families. Some things don't change do they?
Myself, I consider him to be an ill-mannered obnoxious sad twerp whose celebrity days are probably short lived. Let me say something Jeremy himself would say about strikers: 'Jeremy, do us all a favour and please die at about 180mph in a Ferrari or something, live on Top Gear'. Thank you
PS: Despite me being a somewhat fervent supporter of smoking bans in public places I am totally against smoking bans in privately owned cars. Such a ban is nazi like, good intentions or no, just plain wrong. Which is where I agree with Mr Clarkson but I think my statement is a little more eloquent than his ramblings in the Sun 'newspaper'.
