This is because, in a 2012 column for the Top Gear website, Jeremy Clarkson blasted the eurozone while commenting on “saving Britain’s economy”. The Grand Tour star argued for two ways of keeping your money safe, one of which was “keeping your money in a bank”. However, in sarcastic fashion, Mr Clarkson argued that this posed a risk as “all your savings have ended up in a big invisible hole just outside Athens”.

He said: “There’s another drawback to keeping your money in a bank, which is this: you will wake up every day terrified that in the night Greece has pulled out of the euro, the bank with your money has gone bust as a result and all your savings have ended up in a big invisible hole just outside Athens.

“So. Keeping your money in a bank doesn’t sound like a very good idea.”

Greece was embroiled by economic chaos after the 2008 financial crash – and has austerity measures placed upon it after receiving bailouts from the European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund.

However, the car journalist said that ultimately this was a good way to save the British economy – as without it banks would collapse.

Despite the jibe at the euro, Mr Clarkson has previously argued it is a “fabulous idea”.

He said: “I do. I think the euro is a fabulous idea. It puts power firmly in the hands of the Europeans and that means less control for the idiot Blair – the only man ever to have lived who believes you can have a ‘caring’ war.

“We can either go down the American route; busy, busy, busy, no time for lunch, eat on the move, cupholders in the car, golf, working breakfast, working supper, work out and styrofoam food.

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“Or we can go down the European route. Style, pasta, more style, some red wine, smoke, laugh, style, friends, drive fast, see more, do more, eat more and take longer over doing everything.”

Mr Clarkson has said he has reservations about the EU, but backed Remain and even made a video with co-host James May during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaigning.

He said in the video, pointing at Mr May: “It annoys me actually because I want to remain in Europe but that means agreeing with him.

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“Quite apart from anything else, making our TV show which is called the Grand Tour and involves touring the world…if we were not in Europe we’d have to go to Calais every time we wanted to go to one of these countries.

“And that would take 100 years.”

Mr Clarkson has since urged the Government to get the process done in an interview with JOE.co.uk before the election in December.

He said: “I was a Remainer, but now I am one of those Remainers that’s just so fed up.

“I’m just…anything….cut it off. I think everyone is fed up to their back teeth with the dithering.

“The only good thing of course is the economy continues to grow while Parliament is paralysed, because we really don’t need that lot jumping up and down shouting.”