Jeremy Clarkson has shared his thoughts on the rise of Reform UK and the prospect of a political career for himself, as speculation grows over whether the Clarkson’s Farm star could swap the fields of Diddly Squat for the political frontline.
In an interview, Clarkson was asked whether he is impressed by the growing support for Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage.
He admitted: I don’t really know what their policies are. We know what they think about immigration. We don’t really know what they’d do about it. And I was a Remainer, so it’s difficult to see eye-to-eye [with Nigel Farage].”
Turning his attention to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, Clarkson wasn’t shy about sharing his views either.
“He’s annoying. Even when he’s not being annoying, he sounds annoying,” he said.
“He’s got somebody else’s spectacles. How much time does he spend every day on his hair? I don’t understand. I just get up and have hair for the day.
“He has to put things in his hair, which means he is concentrating on his appearance. And any man who concentrates on his appearance is a little suspect, in my view.”
Clarkson’s foray into political discourse has become more pronounced in recent years, most notably when he joined farmers’ protests in the autumn of 2024, standing against the Government’s proposed inheritance tax reforms for farmers.
His appearance sparked fresh calls for him to enter politics, a prospect that has followed him for years.
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James Kanagasooriam, the pollster who coined the term “red wall,” even suggested that Britain could have its “Trump moment” if Clarkson were to stand for election.
Clarkson, however, appears to have no plans to swap his tractor for a parliamentary seat.
Speaking to The Telegraph, he said: “People have been calling for [me to enter politics] for a long time.”
“Of course, it’s extremely flattering. But I think really we have now learnt that newspaper columnists make very bad prime ministers. Like Boris, I have an idea for a column and present an argument.
“Next week I will probably write the complete opposite. It’s fine when you’re a columnist, not so good if you’re a prime minister. So I’d be a terrible leader.”
On farming, however, Clarkson is more than happy to make his views known.
“It’s not just the never-ending regulations that are coming on, which I don’t think are terribly well thought through, but farming is whack-a-mole. If you think you’ve cured one problem, you’ve almost certainly created another.
“If you plough a field, you turn the soil over and that deprives the weeds of oxygen and sunshine and so on and they die. You don’t have to use weedkiller. But as you turn the soil over, you’re releasing all the carbon up into the sky.
“Of course there will be rotten apples, but the farmers I’ve met don’t want to bugger up the land because they’re going to pass it on to their children – or they thought they were [before the IHT reforms]. So they look after the wildlife and hedges and soil and try to make the food as well as possible for the lowest price.
“You don’t need legislation to tell you not to do something stupid. As a libertarian, I believe in getting rid of all the legislation. There should only be one law in the country, which is ‘don’t be a t**t’.”
For now, it seems Clarkson is content to stick with farming, entertaining viewers, and keeping his political views as lively as ever.
