Prime Minister Boris Johnson has released a statement in response to Jeremy Clarkson’s plea for the government to prioritise farming.
Jeremy, 62, shared a video to his 7.7million Twitter followers on Monday morning, revealing what he believes the government should focus on.
The broadcaster said: “Hi, I am Jeremy Clarkson and in the next Parliament I would like to see the Government prioritising farming.
“We have been asked to diversify and when we try to do that the local authorities tell us we can’t. That needs addressing.”
Jeremy became an unlikely campaigner for the farming industry after starring in Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon Prime.
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The show follows the former Top Gear host as he attempts to grow crops and look after livestock on land he owns in the Cotswolds.
The TV presenter bought the farm, called Diddly Squat, in 2008. It was initially run by a villager, but in 2019, Jeremy decided to try and run it himself.
The Prime Minister has now asked Jeremy if he had read the government’s food strategy and said they are investing in new technology to help farmers.
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Speaking on Twitter, he said: “A lot of that is about backing British farming, backing our own domestic food production, eating more of what we grow here, and of course growing much more.
“What we want to do is back farmers in all sorts of ways, particularly making sure they have access to the labour they need, but also supporting them when it comes to things like their fuel costs, their fertiliser costs.”
Mr Johnson added that they want to help farmers “make the most of their land”.
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Last week, Jeremy wrote a column for The Sunday Times in which he claimed he had been blocked from selling crayfish at his farm shop.
He said: “You go down to your own lake on a lovely summer’s evening, haul in a net full of delicious morsels and then sell them to passing families as a healthy snack.
“Except I can’t do that because this isn’t a free country.”
American crayfish, such as those found on his farm, are classed as non-native which means they can’t be trapped without consent from the Environment Agency.
Back in May, Jeremy also took aim at the “not terribly bright people” who work in planning departments during a discussion about making improvements to his farm.
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