It’s a reasonable bet that if Jeremy Clarkson stood for prime minister tomorrow, he’d win by a country mile. Some might even crown him the next sovereign. At the farmers’ protest in Westminster yesterday, Clarkson dominated the coverage, overshadowing even the other luminaries in attendance.
Like Trump, Clarkson has name recognition, independence, and a flair for media
Several high-profile Conservatives were present, including Kemi Badenoch, Priti Patel, and Robert Jenrick, alongside Nigel Farage in bespoke country-gent attire and Richard Tice from Reform. Yet they were all eclipsed by a shambling, frail figure in a moth-eaten pea coat, faded jeans, and a beanie hat: Jeremy Clarkson.
Clarkson, looking every inch as if he’d been mucking out that morning, took on a smug BBC presenter, creating Twitter-ready content in the process, before delivering a short but powerful and humorous speech. Packed with memorable lines, his highlights included: ‘Sheep look at GS4 (eco-friendly feed) the same way a five-year-old looks at an olive’; ‘When did the BBC become the mouthpiece of this infernal government?’; and ‘You lot got a knee to the nuts and a light hammer blow to the back of the head’ (farmers, in response to the budget).
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