Clarkson's One Show remark did not break rules Jeremy Clarkson's comments on The One Show that striking public sector workers "should be shot" did not breach broadcasting rules, Ofcom has ruled. On November 30, on the evening of Britain's biggest public sector strikes for 30 years, Clarkson said that he would take the striking workers outside and "execute them in front of their families." He was forced to apologise and the regulator launched an investigation after his remark sparked around 31,700 complaints and led to condemnation from union leaders and politicians, with Prime Minister David Cameron branding his statement "silly." While the TV regulator acknowledged that the comments were "potentially offensive," they ruled they were justified by the context. It added that viewers of the show would have expected Clarkson to make "potentially controversial or offensive statements" and that it would have been clear "that his comments were not an expression of seriously held beliefs."