If you want to stop the boats, show migrants our potholes, planning laws and A&E waiting times, Jeremy Clarkson says

NewsUK News JEREMY Clarkson thinks he has the solution to the migrant boat crisis – and it doesn’t involve using warships. The TV presenter, 66, says the solution can be found in realising the country has to stop them wanting to come here in the first place. One way, Jeremy Clarkson says, the migrant crossings could be stopped would be to show them the state of our roads Credit: Getty The star of Clarkson’s farm says you have to stop migrants from wanting to come to the UK Credit: Shutterstock Editorial It might be popular to imagine our warships out in force defending the realm but the star of Clarkson’s Farm believes this just appeals to the Tommy Robinson types. Writing in his column for The Sunday Times, he said: “You’ve got to make the UK less appealing than where they are now, which is France.” Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! This, he thinks, shouldn’t be too hard to accomplice. He added: “Show them our potholes and explain that there are vast areas of the UK with such c**p mobile phone coverage they’d be better off communicating with two empty tins and a piece of string. “Tell them that because of our planning laws, everyone is forced to operate their business from a shipping container and that children with suspected meningitis are forced to wait five hours in A&E before they can see a doctor.” He has other ways of how his goal could be achieved, these include showing them just how badly our rivers are polluted and revealing how much tax they’ll have to pay if they either get a job or die. Another way, Mr Clarkson says would work, would be to indicate the 20mph speed limit on our roads. Not forgetting a trip to a court in the UK where they can see someone being prosecuted for something they posted on social media. Most read in The Sun Finally, he thinks, showing a migrant our farmland so they can see the empty fields and tell them that even then if they still want to come here then, as he puts it, “you can’t have any effing money”. Previously, Mr Clarkson took aim at young people on benefits who “sat at home all day”. He said youths on benefits should offer gratitude to the taxpayers who support them. Going on, Clarkson explains that he would be happy with further tax raids to pay for a growing welfare bill in exchange for heartfelt thank you notes from people claiming benefits. He suggests giving the email address of a working person to people claiming benefits and ensuring a thank you letter is sent to them. His tongue-in-cheek suggestion comes as analysis revealed some teens on sickness benefits receive around £100 a week more than others working part-time on minimum wage. Comment now