Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson yesterday made aggressively hostile remarks about striking public sector workers on BBC’s One Show in the early evening.
Mr Clarkson said of public service workers taking action to defend their pensions: “I’d have them all shot. I’d take them outside and execute them in front of their families.”
UNISON is calling on the BBC to sack the presenter and is considering advice on referring the matter to the police.
General secretary Dave Prentis said: “The One Show is broadcast at a time when children are watching – they could have been scared and upset by his aggressive statements. An apology is not enough – we are calling on the BBC to sack Jeremy Clarkson immediately.”
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