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It's not, but he said 'I would take them outside and execute them' which if taken literally could be seen as a death threat. Which obviously, is illegal.

His massive hypocrisy bothers me more, he may not directly work for the BBC but he's effectively bankrolled by one of the most notoriously cushy public sector employers. He's already rich from his BBC work, and probably has a job for life with Top Gear, unless he gets sacked for saying something stupid. So suggesting that workers like nurses who do essential public services, in often unpleasant working environments and for little reward, are somehow less deserving or hard working than him really shows what a massive Richard he is.

He was on the show to promote his new video. Has he succeeded in increasing current public awareness of himself and thus his new video? Yes.

I have met him a couple of times and off camera he doesn't spout all this drivel, he's quite a nice guy.

He's no different to Frankie Boyle or Jimmy Carr in that they use statements written to offend.

The bit I disagree with is that there are too many idiots who won't see it for the attention seeking that it is and will believe in it.