Jeremy Clarkson says he ‘wouldn’t bother’ working if he was a young person in the UK

He claims that hard work is ‘pointless’ for young people.

According to the former Top Gear presenter, hard work has become pointless in modern Britain for young adults.

Politicians including Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves acted as if money belongs to the state when in fact it should belong to people who have no intention of working, according to Clarkson.

"Social media is full of young people with pink hair chanting 'tax the rich' and there's a general sense that if the government were to confiscate all of Elton John's money, they'd be able to buy everyone on benefits a Porsche. I find this a bit of a worry. Because when I was in my early twenties, Mrs Thatcher was in the hot seat and entrepreneurialism was encouraged”, he wrote in his column.

A local council would “write a cheque on the spot” in the past if you asked them for a grant to help with your new business, he complained, while adding that “today, if you wanted £2,800 from the town hall, you'd have to promise to never do a day's work in your life."

If he were 24 today, he said, he simply would not bother and that he would rather stay at home coming up with workplace-friendly mental health issue or "making babies for money".