I find Clarkson quite amusing most of the time, he doesn't mince his words, he just says what he thinks ...which true enough sometimes is somewhat ill judged but very often he only says what a lot of people are thinking ...albeit in a slightly less diplomatic way than many would choose. But it is Clarkson's total disregard for political correctness and his refusal ever to just fall in-line with the 'mustn’t offend' crowd that make a large part of what makes him funny and appealing. Clarkson loves to shock anyway, he thrives on controversy.
For the record, I agree with what he said anyway, and let me just qualify that by saying I'm not agreeing that the strikers should actually be shot, that would be ridiculous but they do need a good hard backhand from George Osbourne ...as it was an uncalled for and down right irresponsible act at a poor time by a bunch of selfish, idiotic little gits who probably don't have the first understanding about the actual economic situation the country and the wider world is in right now. All they care about is their own little nest and screw everyone else, just let all those other hard done by tax payers keep topping up the extremely generous pension pot eh ...at a time when it's really not at all affordable. And to top it all off they thumbed their piggy little noses at a fantastically generous offer the government made them, pfff.