Clarkson cleared over 'shoot strikers' remark

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Unison's assistant general secretary Bronwyn McKenna complained after the Top Gear presenter made a number of controversial remarks on The One Show on November 30.

Clarkson said he would take the striking workers outside and "execute them in front of their families".

He also asked how the workers could dare go on strike when they had "gilt-edged pensions while the rest of us have to work for a living".

Unison said the comments were "extreme and wholly unjustified" and called for him to be sacked.

But Ofcom's group director Christopher Woolard said in a letter to Unison that was revealed today that none of the comments was in breach of the broadcasting code.

Clarkson's views had been widely publicised in the past, he said. Mr Woolard wrote: "We considered that it would have been clear to most viewers that his comments were not an expression of seriously held beliefs or views that should be literally interpreted."

The BBC received more than 31,000 complaints about Clarkson's comments and is due to announce its own findings shortly.