Jeremy Clarkson has said he is looking into opening a second pub, but has revealed it will not be in the UK. The 66-year-old made the comments during an interview at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham yesterday.
Farmers 'attacked from every angle'
Clarkson appeared on stage at the party's annual event, where he said farmers were being "attacked" from every angle by rising costs, Labour tax policies, and international conflict. He described farming in the UK as "relentless".
He said: "It's terrible, is the only way of describing it. We worked really hard all year and we ended up with, I think I'm right in saying, three ounces of hen food. It was an absolute disaster on the farming side but, I mean, luckily we've got other projects going on now. But the farming is very, very difficult – very, very difficult at the moment."
Second pub plans
Clarkson was asked by Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins whether he would consider opening a pub in her constituency, Louth and Horncastle, in Lincolnshire. He replied: "It's funny you should say that. I'm looking quite hard into the possibility of opening another pub. But I can give you all a piece of information right now, it's not going to be in the UK."
While Clarkson confirmed he has no plans to leave the UK, he said: "Why would anybody set up a business in this country right now?" He added: "You go and find a country where you go, 'that's a good one, that will employ people and that will be good for farming and what have you'. We'll see if we can do it abroad somewhere."
He concluded: "I probably won't. But I'm dreaming of it."
