Clarkson takes issue with roadworks that won’t ultimately benefit motorists

Motoring journalist Jeremy Clarkson used his weekly Sun column to argue that the UK is being subjected to a plague of roadworks that have, in his opinion, nothing to do with improving the road network for the nation’s car drivers

ON 30 JANUARY motoring pundit Jeremy Clarkson used his column in The Sun to rail against the alleged concept behind roadworks in London. “London, at the moment, simply isn’t working properly,” Clarkson began. “Thanks to a staggering amount of roadworks, it has taken me over an hour to get to a party. And that’s an hour to do four miles. I could have hopped more quickly.

“Boris [London mayor Boris Johnson] would have undoubtedly told me to use the bus but...

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