As usual, Clarkson is amusing, but at no point actually addresses the issue.

The same article also suggests that tightening up airport security is a waste of time and will change nothing, and that we should just accept that sometimes men with beards go a bit crazy.

Apart from the fact that he implies that air travellers are only at risk from caricatured men with beards, he addresses none of the points raised.

Bear in mind that he is an entertainer - whose current fame depends on pretending to be a caricature, and having two sidekicks whose job it is to laugh at him. Consequently he is allowed to do and say just about anything - but anyone taking him seriously needs to start on the meds.