The problem with Jeremy Clarkson’s global warming ‘joke’ [Video]

Jeremy Clarkson has defended his dismissal of global warming as ‘part of the caricature’.

The Grand Tour and former Top Gear host has shown something of a disregard for the issues of climate change on the motoring shows in the part, but now he’s insisted it was simply a ‘joke’.

‘That was part of the caricature,’ he said. ‘It was a joke.’

However, plenty of people have pointed out the issue with joking about such a significant topic, particularly when a joke risks undermining the very real issues.

‘Not a particularly helpful joke, when all’s said and done,’ pointed out @danimal555 X user, while @HeleJackson0 noted how society is ‘under-prepared for climate change’, while asking for ‘an apology’ from ‘influential’ people in media, like Jeremy.

She added that he has ‘misled people’, tweeting: ‘Some of us have known all along it was going to hammer farmers.’

Jeremy has claimed that the version of himself who made controversial statements in …