One of Britain's biggest unions has accepted an apology from TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson after he said public sector workers on strike should be shot in front of their families.
"How dare they go on strike when they've got these gilt-edged pensions while the rest of us have to work for a living?", he said.
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis has welcomed the apology, and encouraged Clarkson to spend a day with public sector workers in a hospital, cleaning up vomit, bathing patients, and wiping bottoms.
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Earlier the union had called for the BBC to sack Clarkson and said it was taking legal advice over his comments.
The Top Gear presenter said he didn't intend for anyone to take his remarks seriously but if anyone was offended then he was happy to apologise.
"If the BBC and I have caused any offence, I'm quite happy to apologise for it alongside them."
Friend of Clarkson, Prime Minister David Cameron, played down the remarks.
"It was obviously a silly thing to say and I am sure he didn't mean that," Cameron said.
