If you had told me 10 years ago, that I'd be really excited for the new season of a farming show, I would have believed you.
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SpaceCaboose5 days ago
+101
It scratches an itch of mine that I never knew existed
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Soggy_Motor92805 days ago
+12
Well said. Truly unexplainable why I love this show so much. Probably the most wholesome show I’ve seen in a while.
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Sloppykrab5 days ago
+45
It's the scratches the itch because it oozes genuine effort, nothing is crafted.
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Underwater_Karma5 days ago
+8
You should definitely stop scratching if it's oozing
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Hayterfan5 days ago
+1
[Come inside, I'll get the Neosporin](https://youtu.be/FZ_yOsHYpQY?si=06HsWIC5fR4c1woi)
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hard-of-haring5 days ago
Can I scratch it for you
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ButtPlugForPM5 days ago
+114
honestly
clarkson is a massive c*** of a human being.
but got to respect him he's shown a lot of the masses how really f****** hard it is to farm. and has brought some of the pligts to the modern viewer they normally would not
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Scottish-Fox5 days ago
+86
He’s always been great at making good TV.
Shame about everything else lol
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aliseknits5 days ago
+14
It finally got my husband to see why I never want to own any kind of livestock, ever.
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KnotSoSalty5 days ago
+68
All credit to his film crew. They do a great job making him seem like a normal human being rather than a complete A-hole.
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ItinerantSoldier5 days ago
+37
I love the show but sometimes they don't really hide that he can be a prick, especially with his SO, but they do a better job showing how the people in charge of the council are even bigger assholes. And tbh, sometimes it takes an a****** to fight an a******
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qtx4 days ago
+28
> they don't really hide that he can be a prick, especially with his SO
He's not a prick to her. It's like people have lost the ability to have fun with their SO. Like you're not allowed to make any jokes anymore. You make the exact same type of jokes with your friends and mates, but because it's your SO you're not allowed to make those jokes? Is she not your bestest friend?
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
+27
I mean part of the reason the council is so shit is because they have no money. Luckily Clarkson is a staunch advocate for paying your taxes in full and on time, so hopefully their money problems will be solved soon.
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BlackSpinedPlinketto4 days ago
+12
He bought the farm to avoid tax, just checking that’s the joke because some people actually like the guy lol.
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Mp32pingi253 days ago
+2
Who cares that he bought the farm for tax reasons lol, like I do all I can to avoid more taxes
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The_Grand_Briddock5 days ago
+18
The problem is, Clarkson lives in an area with two councils. It's a bollocks system, but any attempt to try and resolve the bureaucracy is always rebuffed.
Then of course, once you have only a single council handling things, you run into the final boss of planning: NIMBYs.
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lowercaset4 days ago
+5
I reckon if you own 1000 acres in the UK there's a pretty good chance that you wind up owning in more than one council, no? My understanding of the UK is fairly limited so maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying.
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The_Grand_Briddock4 days ago
+3
Essentially there's three types of council: Unitary, District & County.
If you're in a Unitary Council, that's it, you're in that one authority. But if you're in a District, you've also got a County. Two separate layers of Council (not counting any neighbouring councils you may be located in).
So you've got to navigate dealing with two councils at the same time, plus any other councils if you're at a border (which Clarkson isn't). It's pretty highly inconvenient, which is why there's a push to combine them into Unitary Councils. (Thus you may have heard in the news about delayed elections as they start merging District & County Councils into Unitary ones.)
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BlackSpinedPlinketto4 days ago
+4
Planning rules exist for a reason too, I don’t agree with just doing what you want and ignoring planning.
I’ve been to the farm shop and it was an absolute nightmare and doesn’t have the infrastructure to support it. No parking and the road, which people need to use, gets blocked.
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Impressive-Potato4 days ago
+2
Fun fact, his current SO was his mistress he was caught with while he was still married to his wife.
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Mudeford_minis4 days ago
+4
When I was in my twenties, I knew Jeremy, I wouldn’t go as far as to say we were mates but frequently spent time in his company or he in mine and there is another side to him that isn’t his tv persona. That said, we were both in our twenties and we both behaved like dicks from time to time especially when in a large group but to say he’s a c*** is a bit unfair and uncalled for.
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stunts0024 days ago
+3
Clarksons a dickhead but he's quite a likeable dickhead.
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ranhalt5 days ago
+8
> honestly
Take a drink every time you read this word on Listnook.
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DrPaisa5 days ago
+14
c*** for what?
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Twat_Features5 days ago
+23
He’s an abrasive, loud, opinionated man that was fired from Top Gear for punching one of his staff.
He is however a very good presenter and extremely funny. Just a bit of a knob.
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snushomie5 days ago
+34
He also punched Piers Morgan though so swings and roundabouts.
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JuicyBroccoli5 days ago
+22
There's a lotta knobs out there, I think I can live with this one
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-13
If I punched someone at my workplace I’d be disgraced. I don’t like how celebrities get so many second chances.
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xvf94 days ago
+9
I mean… he got very publicly sacked from his extremely highly paid and cushy presenting gig. He just happened to walk into another extremely high paying gig. Also, the fact that his cohosts and other producers on the show followed him to do the Grand Tour did make me wonder if there were two sides to the punching story. Personally I wouldn’t want to work with a colleague who punched another colleague unless I was aware of some extenuating circumstances…
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obscuriosityboner5 days ago
+13
You should come and work in construction. Punching your coworkers is sublime.
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Heiminator4 days ago
+1
It’s different if you’re the main reason why the workplace makes money. BBC learned the hard way that Top Gear without Clarkson is a complete disaster. While Clarkson went on to make two hit shows in a row for Amazon (Grand Tour and Clarksons Farm).
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GenGaara254 days ago
+4
Clarkson has only survived being an ass for so long because he knows how to make good TV. He also knows that because he's unlikeable, people like watching him fail and get talked down to.
A show about him routinely f****** up and being dressed down by a 20 year old is just gold.
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Mp32pingi253 days ago
+2
He’s not a “massive” c*** lol. He might not be your example of a really great guy. But, honestly he’s not that bad.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-14
Ehh. I don’t like it very much. Big old city boy comes down here, films a TV show for a bit and then starts lecturing us on something he knew nothing about until recently. And he’s such an obnoxious man, too.
For you yanks, he’s basically one of those country singers with boots that cost a thousand bucks a pop. Pretends to be country and tells other people that he’s really working class and down to earth.
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RecordingSilly61185 days ago
+19
Except Jeremy Clarkson has never framed himself as working class, and literally talks every season about how unlike other farmers, he can go host who wants to be a millionaire to make up for the farms losses.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-17
He gives a bit of lip service to it. But his entire brand is being the big old, school of hard knocks, straight talking working man. He says it like it is because he understands the value of an ‘ard day’s graft unlike all those other posh boys who lecture him.
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RecordingSilly61185 days ago
+12
Yeah you sound like you've never watched the show at all and are just complaining.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-3
I watched him for years. You yanks discovered him after he showed up on Prime but he was a major part of British culture a very long time. I know what he's like.
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RecordingSilly61185 days ago
+9
So firstly, you're admittedly 20 years old, so no, you didn't watch him longer than I have. It's actually hilarious for someone to be 20 years old and think you've done anything longer than anyone.
Secondly, people in America very much watched Top Gear while it was running.
and finally, once again, you haven't watched the show, otherwise you wouldn't be saying things about it that are easily proven to be wrong *by watching the show*.
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-1
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RecordingSilly61185 days ago
+6
I'm just gonna copy and paste what I said so you can read it again.
>So firstly, you're admittedly 20 years old, so no, you didn't watch him longer than I have. It's actually hilarious for someone to be 20 years old and think you've done anything longer than anyone.
>Secondly, people in America very much watched Top Gear while it was running.
>and finally, once again, you haven't watched the show, otherwise you wouldn't be saying things about it that are easily proven to be wrong by watching the show.
Also I specifically remember you and have you tagged in RES as a British teenager trying to tell Americans what the American college experience was like in a thread about fraternities in college. So don't even try to act holier-than-thou on this.
Edit since you stealth edited yourself:
>Also, fuckin hell you scrolled far. Well, based on what you read, do you think I should transition or no? I'm still agonising over it and wasting my life. I don't know if I'd pass or not or if I'm even actually dysphoric or just suffering from some kind of f*****. Should I look for hormones? I don't know if I deserve to be trans.
I don't care dude, do whatever makes you happy in life and try not to do what makes you unhappy. But maybe try not being a d*** to everyone, that seems to work for a lot of people.
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ButtPlugForPM5 days ago
-7
what does piss me off is how he complains about costs..
f*** up mate
ur being paid 150m POUNDS for the frst 4 seasons of this show.
he can afford to spend 2m pound a year on the farm and it will never even hurt him.
his new deal for 3 more seasons makes amazon eat any cost of running the farm while filming is happening.
so effectivly it's a zero cost farm..he pays nothing...
yet he will bemoan about how hard his life is
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Dinkeroni5 days ago
+13
He isn’t complaining about costs because it’s coming out of his pockets, it’s to illustrate how expensive and thin profits are farming in England
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-6
He’s complaining. That’s his entire personality. Maybe it’s a persona or something. But he’s been a loud, obnoxious man who complains about the slightest hardship for his entire career. He’s only talking about these things because they personally inconvenience him, like he does every single time anything bad happens to him.
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Larry_Bobinski5 days ago
+5
One day you will learn how a business works and that, when your business doesn't make money, or not much(I think in the first season he made under £200 net profit iirc) , that it's a bad business and you have all the right to complain. Because it's not about the money you have in your bank account, it's about the fact that the business is bad.
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Normal_Pace73745 days ago
+6
It’s my comfort show. I’m more excited for this than scary movie and super troopers combined
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Roosterdude235 days ago
+7
the harvesting montages are so good
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BassWingerC-1375 days ago
+2
That’s an unexpected twist
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SaltSurprise7295 days ago
+2
Try gardening world with monte.
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Slothnado2095 days ago
+1
Gardener’s world is fantastic!
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noobeleng4 days ago
+2
I still can't believe I am waiting for a new season of a show in which a grown man shoved almost his whole arm in cow's ass. Truly amazing.
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Sarcastic_Red4 days ago
+1
Is it a farming show or is it a Clarkson show where he farms?
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SaltyFlavors4 days ago
+1
Would have?
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fishmongerhoarder4 days ago
+1
If you said I would be happy to see jezza farming I wouldn't have believed you.
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jdbolick5 days ago
+181
I loved this show at the beginning, but it has felt more and more contrived. Pivoting to the pub would have been fine if they didn't manufacture drama with a pointlessly rushed opening date. Jeremy overcoming his ignorance is entertaining enough. They shouldn't indulge in the standard reality show tropes.
The first two seasons are still so damned good that I can rewatch them repeatedly, but I haven't gone back to season four.
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0ttoChriek5 days ago
+25
The restaurant and pub stuff was a bit of a drag, and a drama-filled departure from what made the show work. But I did appreciate that he was making it clear that he has the capital and the name to make these ventures succeed, while most farmers don't. These are all avenues that farms should be trying to explore to make up for the meagre profits that they might make (if they're lucky), but most can't.
His farm shop opens, and he can get on Twitter and have thousands of people come to buy potatoes, just because they're from him. Meanwhile, the dairy farmer is grateful to be able to sell milkshakes in his shop, just to stay afloat.
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The_Grand_Briddock5 days ago
+1
I still remember the trailers for Season 2. Promising a "war" with the council, showing men in suits crossing the field to ominous music. Instead it was just a choir.
That whole restaurant saga was dire. Luckily the animal and crop stuff always delivers.
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qtx4 days ago
Congrats! You finally figured out why people make trailers.
Trailers are meant to hype up a show/movie. Not to tell you exactly what happens.
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feinting_goat5 days ago
+73
100%. The original show was brilliant. If I wanted to watch fake drama about a restaurant there are dozens of other options.
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Larry_Bobinski5 days ago
+17
I don't know why some of you think the whole thing was manufactured, when the show already had 3 seasons of him just doing stuff, doing incredibly well. There was absolutely no need for manufactured drama.
Plus, if you follow him on Instagram, you'd have seen that there were even more things that did go wrong around the whole thing that weren't even filmed, but he put into reels for ppl to see.
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ButtPlugForPM5 days ago
+35
also the stuff with the managers.
he tried to make it seem like those ladies he hired to run the pub are the problem when him wanting 2 rush stuff was.
that umbrella shit was fucked though
he got ripped off for the umbrellas for the deck..
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RecordingSilly61185 days ago
+38
I never got the vibe that the two consultants he hired were being framed as the problem, only that he once again rushed into it without enough time.
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ButtPlugForPM5 days ago
-8
he makes 20m pounds per a season
why the fucks he rushing it..he doesn't need the money
take the f****** time do it right open when ur ready it's not like he's going to go broke EVER
-8
scriptDragon5 days ago
+7
Because most people, specifically old dudes known for emotional outbursts and money to spend, don't make decisions in a completely rational way?
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LordChichenLeg5 days ago
+2
More like the shock of farming not returning a massive profit every year has died off and now the producers need a way to drum up the drama. He owns enough pubs to know that he shouldn't have pushed for that opening data even if it was a bank holiday because it was ludicrous to think it could be sorted in time. It was all for the inherent drama added to a time sensitive project.
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Brett_Clement5 days ago
+11
He subsequently paid for the umbrellas and admitted they were right when he posted a photo of them!
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ButtPlugForPM4 days ago
+2
Oh that place needed them
but that quote was INSANITY
90,000 pounds was a scam.
I've covered an area triple the size with the same nearly identical needs and was like 55k AUD.
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qtx4 days ago
-3
Tbf those two manager ladies were grifters. At least that's how they came across on screen. Like they were milking Clarkson because they knew he had the money to spend.
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Larry_Bobinski5 days ago
+5
I think what you consider contrived and manufacturerd, is just him reaching out into new ventures naturally.
The whole pub thing seems to be a natural conclusion after all the trouble the council gave him with his restaurant at the farm. (Hell, people on the sub for the show have been saying that a pub would make sense since Series 1!)
I mean I get calling things fake on TV, obviously. But when it comes to this show people really call the weirdest things fake or manufactured.
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jdbolick5 days ago
+3
Clarkson insisted upon an unrealistic opening date specifically to cause drama that he could show. There was absolutely no legitimate reason for that date to be selected other than that.
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I_NEED_YOUR_MONEY5 days ago
+5
>Jeremy overcoming his ignorance is entertaining enough
the pub didn't really feel like "Jeremy overcoming his ignorance" so much as "Jeremy wallowing in his ignorance". I was onboard for the farming, because it was interesting to see Jeremy learn, and to learn alongside him. on the farm, the person failing was usually Jeremy, which made for good TV.
Watching Jeremy yell at other people for not doing a good enough job is a much less interesting TV show.
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mariusdunesto5 days ago
+14
He seems to love it though. Plenty of examples in the final few years if tTop Gear, then the Grand Tour, that were so manufactured and ruined the enjoyment of the show. I always got the impression it was Jeremy "has this idea of what would be funny if x happened, let's make it happen".
And we know there will be heavy leaning on and criticism of the inheritance tax thing with his opinions shoved down your throat through the medium of manufactured farm drama
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Impressive-Potato4 days ago
+1
Everything about Top Gear was made for tv. The production manager has made videos explaining how they would have cars that would break down and how they weren't the prices listed.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
+2
Can’t wait for season 3 of “man who named his farm Diddly Squat because he wasn’t going to pay tax throws a hissy fit after being forced to pay tax.”
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AngusLynch094 days ago
+2
>if they didn't manufacture drama with a pointlessly rushed opening date
A lot of the drama disappears when you remember "Oh wait, he has £80m and this is all a hobby to him."
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scriptDragon5 days ago
+3
Gotta disagree with you there, the retraunt and pub stuff were my favorite parts of the show. I think trying to figure out how to maximize using local farming for local businesses is cool
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dub-fresh5 days ago
+1
I agree first two season were brilliant then became contrived. I think working new land would be a good addition. Part of what make it so funny is Jeremy literally figuring it out as he goes.
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GenGaara254 days ago
+1
It's why this season is the last for a while. Clarkson knows they've basically covered everything they can. He's tried all the animals (cows, sheep, chickens, pigs), all kinds of crop and weird shit to grow, and every business he can think of (shop, restaurant, pub). There's not really anything new left for him to try and fail at.
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3dAcnt4rdt5 days ago
+1
yeah. don't like restaurant stuff much.
if i want to feel nervous anxiety ，i'd go watch the bear.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-1
I would prefer it if he went from a brash, arrogant, ignorant man to a more humble, less irritating man. But instead he’s just added farming to the list of things he’s brash and arrogant about. I don’t think much character growth has happened, and I don’t like a big rich city boy cosplaying a working man and lecturing people because he bought a farm on a lark.
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When_Oh_When5 days ago
+5
Clarkson is a gammon c***.
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+1
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The_Grand_Briddock5 days ago
+5
Gammons are blokes in their 50s-60s who are completely set in their ways. Called gammon because they're usually sunburned. The ones who think things are simple as, nuff said, from the school of hard knocks.
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OneSkepticalOwl5 days ago
+1
Well, f*** me I guess...
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twec215 days ago
-13
Wait, Clarkson's unashamed tax write off disguised as a TV show seems contrived?
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Larry_Bobinski5 days ago
+2
Are you from the past? Why do people still say this as if it's relevant now that he's actually farming it?
He bought it more than a decade ago for tax reasons, yes. Only lived there, but employed a guy to farm it for him. But since 2019, he actually is farming it full time. You're literally in a thread about that fact. So I'm not sure what the "he bought it for tax reasons!!" comment is supposed to say at this point.
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twec215 days ago
Why is a note about his show being born out of a tax dodge relevant in a thread about his show feeling contrived? No idea, couldn't tell you 😂
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Sloppykrab5 days ago
+17
Wait what? Wasn't he meant to be taking a year off?
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kilbane275 days ago
+17
After this season I believe.
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Sloppykrab5 days ago
+6
Ahhhh, I thought it was after last season. I swear he mentioned it.
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Ok_Economy_67694 days ago
+1
These seasons are like two years behind in actual time. They are probably shooting season 6 right now. A whole year of farming, year of editing and post work. Took his yearar off. Probably shooting again.
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neok1825 days ago
+8
Because each season is filmed over the course of almost a year when he said the show would be taking a year off it was when they were already filming this season.
It takes so long to get the show out because like the top gear specials they have thousands upon thousands of hours of footage to edit down to the final show(s).
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pup55815 days ago
+3
After this season
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Larry_Bobinski5 days ago
+15
Besides everything that people have already said about this show, can I say that it's just beautifully shot?
Some of the scenic shots are literally the most beautiful nature shots I've seen in my entire life. It's breathtakingly beautiful at times.
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chromaniac3 days ago
+1
haha. you should check out the new All Creatures Great and Small
series.
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ImGonnaImagineSummit5 days ago
+15
I'd watch just to see Charlie shit on whatever parade Jeremy is planning.
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MidwestTroy924 days ago
+5
Did not expect a farming show to turn into one of my comfort watches but here we are. Half of it is just Jeremy learning expensive lessons in public and somehow it works.
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hardyflashier5 days ago
+49
Whilst I was never the biggest fan of Clarkson, I have to admire how much he's done for British Farmers with this show.
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Steve_didit5 days ago
+88
Clarkson is one of the best examples that people are complicated. There are very few universally good and universally evil people. We are all made up of complex emotions and motivations. So while Clarkson certainly has been a massive knob in the past, he has also done lots of good things in the world.
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azima_9715 days ago
+29
>he has also done lots of good things in the world.
Like punching Piers Morgan
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Mp32pingi253 days ago
Lololol
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ScrewAttackThis5 days ago
-15
He's just an ass that happens to be entertaining. It's not that complicated lol
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-5
Yeah he’s only complaining about farms because it personally inconveniences him. And it’s not even like he’s one of the labourers.
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Loki_of_Asgaard5 days ago
+11
So should he not talk about the issue then?
I’ve never understood this mentality, it’s such crabs in a bucket BS. Whether or not Clarkson talks about it, there is a massive issue facing farmers in the UK post brexit, and they are suffering, and were largely ignored.
He has a platform and can raise awareness for this issue, so why does it matter if he is raising it because it affects him as well? Does it benefit him? Absolutely. Does it also benefit farmers? Absolutely.
He is a prick, but he has actually helped people for once.
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tfhermobwoayway4 days ago
-4
I’m not saying that, I’m saying we shouldn’t jerk him off for it considering he’s just being a big loud windbag like usual. He’s raising awareness purely by accident. I don’t get people acting like he’s the second coming of Christ because he made a couple of half-decent points.
He’s effectively one of the British equivalents to Donald Trump. Trump’s actually raised awareness of a lot of very valid issues in America, both by accident and because it gets him votes. But none of you Americans would say he’s complicated and start talking about crabs and buckets. In fact, I bet you recoiled at the very mention of his name.
Farmers voted overwhelmingly for Brexit. As far as I’m concerned, they can do one. Maybe they should enjoy their new sovereignty instead of whining about a policy they voted for.
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ScrewAttackThis5 days ago
+10
The funniest shit was when he wrote about how bad the NHS was and then a week later it was great because he needed to use it.
It's wild there are still people that think he's not just a self-serving millionaire.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
+1
Back in the day he wrote for the Sun, and he would constantly slag off the European Union for being a horrible drag on Britain and a waste of British funds and a threat to British sovereignty. Now he's a farmer he's taken a massive U-turn on the subject, because he's suddenly faced with the consequences of a Brexit he wanted.
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RecordingSilly61184 days ago
+2
> he's suddenly faced with the consequences of a Brexit he wanted.
Except he didn't!
Jeremy Clarkson **famously** [was a huge remain supporter and campaigner against the referendum](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/16/jeremy-clarkson-david-cameron-my-gut-says-stay-in-the-eu)
Why are you so confident about saying things in this thread that are made up?
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tfhermobwoayway4 days ago
-2
He may have personally disagreed with Brexit but that didn’t stop him from building an entire media career out of slagging off the EU. Somehow I don’t think a man who fearmongered about banana straightness measurements is going to be very pro-remain. If he wants to pretend he was actually the EU’s number 1 fan all along then I suppose I can’t stop him. But I know how he really feels, and so did millions of Leave supporters.
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Slipperytitski4 days ago
+2
Hes biggest gripe is an inheritance tax being added because people like him bought up huge amounts of farmland to avoid their spoiled children paying when they cark it.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-8
I think it is ironic, though, that he complains about harvests becoming harder each year while denying climate change. The man advocates for farmers _except_ about the biggest threat to their livelihood, which he actively denies.
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RecordingSilly61185 days ago
+19
He literally says in the show, multiple times, that climate change is the reason for this.
You haven't watched the show and it's glaringly obvious.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-8
He’s still taking the piss out of environmentalism to this day. The network tells him “blame climate change,” and then the second the cameras stop rolling he’s back on Twitter blaring on about how climate change doesn’t exist and Greta Thunberg is an enemy of the people.
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obscuriosityboner5 days ago
+9
It’s tongue-in-cheek humour, because he loves internal combustion but knows he shouldn’t. He’s mentioned many times that something has to be done about climate change on and off the show.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-3
You must be talking about a different Clarkson, because the one I know constantly bangs on about how fake it is.
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obscuriosityboner5 days ago
+11
Seems like you didn’t watch the show.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-2
He's putting on a character in the show. The network would never allow open climate change denial in 2026. It would tank their ratings. Twitter Clarkson, who is free to speak his mind, tells you what he really thinks.
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obscuriosityboner5 days ago
+4
You’re using your imagination to create a black and white narrative, which doesn’t exist. He makes tongue-in-cheek jabs online, it’s not that serious.
If he was putting on a character for ratings, he would be contracted to also bite his tongue in other areas and online, because it would affect ratings; a common practice is for actors to sign contracts that ensure they won’t create negative press that could effect releases or negatively impact the success of their projects - that’s why some celebrities (the ones who are working) are currently staying silent on many polarising issues in the world. His twitter jabs suggest that no such agreement exists on his projects, so there’s no reason for a fake character on the show.
Once again, it seems like you haven’t watched the show. Also, judging by your history, it looks like you enjoy arguing for the sake of it, facilitated by some mental gymnastics. So you carry on and enjoy your day.
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Larry_Bobinski5 days ago
+4
>then the second the cameras stop rolling he’s back on Twitter blaring on about how climate change doesn’t exist and Greta Thunberg is an enemy of the people.
Easy to win an argument when you live in a fantasy world with made up nonsense.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
+1
I live in the same country as him, I'm exposed to his drivel a lot more than you are.
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RecordingSilly61185 days ago
+5
Yeah you're just arguing to argue, not surprised. Later dude.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
+1
It was your choice to argue with me.
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Dan_Of_Time4 days ago
+5
> I have to admire how much he's done for British Farmers with this show.
The last few years he hasn't done as good as he was doing in the first few series for sure.
In S1 he straight up admits things like how he's in a privileged position to make money elsewhere for his farm to survive, and shows how much actual profit it made. But after that they sort of never mention the fact that 90% of the things he is now doing is purely funded for the show.
His stance on the inheritance tax issue for farmers was a big issue for me. If he truly did still have that same mindset from the early days I think he would have been far more critical about himself which would have made a bigger difference. The tax change was heavily due to people such as himself who bought these large farms years ago as a tax loophole. I would have had a lot more respect if he was more upfront in saying "Yes I did that, so they need to look at the difference between a small working farm and a large tax break farm like mine". Instead he just dogpiled on it despite being one of the most obvious examples of why its an issue.
Then there's the issue with how insanely expensive his beer is. It's such a far cry from how vocal he was about issues with money in the early days. He can use his name to sell a fairly average beer for an above-premium price knowing it will sell. Which is fair, everyone does it. But it seems wrong coming from someone who built this show on the reality of how hard it is for farmers to get by yet now he is doing the same thing that makes it harder for smaller farms.
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Fries-Ericsson5 days ago
-5
What has he done for British farmers generally speaking, apart from being part of the reason the Gov changed inheritance tax laws in a way that impacts small farms because people like Jeremy purchase farm land to avoid paying tax?
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hardyflashier5 days ago
+9
Well, for me it's making the general public aware of how hard farming can be, and how hard it is to make money from doing it - even if the show itself is still a highly produced entertainment piece.
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LeonTheCasual5 days ago
-2
The awareness he’s bringing is towards something that is ultimately a lie.
British farming is never going to be a profitable venture for the vast majority of farmers, even the wealthiest and most successful ones.
The only reason farming survives as an industry in the Uk is because of subsidies and government policy designed to make them artificially more competitive than foreign farms.
Farmers like to say the reason farming is so hard is because of over regulation, and if it wasn’t for that they’d all be doing fine. But the truth is that our soil just isn’t that fertile, our weather just isn’t very ideal, and the land available for farming is too small to benefit from an economy of scale. Things that simply will not change and are all expected to get worse.
We really should be admitting to ourselves that the only reason to subsidise farming as much as we do is to have at least some of our food made domestically. Basically a back-up in case supply lines abroad fail.
Instead, we’re paying farmers to keep farming simply because we’ve collectively decided that the only industry that we’re not allowed to let fail is this one
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Own_Diamond38655 days ago
+5
"It's a lie that farming is unprofitable. The truth is that farming is unprofitable."
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-4
They’re all subsidised by the government. Everyone’s suffering these days.
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IdontNeedPants5 days ago
+5
They will suffer a lot more if the government doesnt subsidize food.
Also, the subsidies they receive are lower than their competition.
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ZGadgetInspector5 days ago
-5
There is no “the government” funding this stuff, it’s all just us being robbed at gunpoint.
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[deleted]5 days ago
+1
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Fries-Ericsson5 days ago
+2
“Clavksons Clause” isn’t something that can benefit most farmers in the UK though. Look at the protests that happened in the UK last year over inheritance tax (which Clarkson is On the Record as deliberately abusing) and what farmers had to say about their situation. Most farmers in the UK who aren’t big industrial farms barely break even each year, even with subsidies from the UK Gov. Most of them don’t have the capital to convert an unused barn into a commercial unit like a restaurant. Clarkson can because he’s a millionaire and his farm is just a hobby.
The Pig Ring sounds good until you hear what experts had to say about that storyline. Experienced farmers pointed out that the reason Piglets kept getting crushed was the result of the Mother getting disturbed every time Clarkson + the crew checked on it. An experienced farmer would have known that and you can read multiple threads on Listnook of people giving out about that. The original pen he bought was fine, he just needed to leave the pigs alone.
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lostroadrunner225 days ago
-7
Jeremy Clarkson has had a surprisingly real impact on British farming—less through policy and more through awareness, visibility, and public pressure.
He has done a few important things:
**1. Brought farming struggles into mainstream attention**
Before the show, many people didn’t realize how tight margins are for farmers or how much they depend on weather, subsidies, and regulations. Clarkson’s made those challenges widely understood.
**2. Highlighted bureaucracy and policy issues**
Shows the complexity of farming rules—permits, environmental restrictions, and subsidy systems. This sparked broader discussion about how government policies affect farmers’ livelihoods.
**3. Boosted support for local farming**
After the show aired, there was increased public interest in buying local produce and supporting farm shops. Clarkson’s own farm shop became hugely popular, symbolizing a wider trend.
**4. Changed public perception of farmers**
Farmers are often stereotyped or overlooked. The show humanizes them.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
+8
Hello ChatGPT
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JoPo1085 days ago
-11
Except he doesn't help farmers. Does he talk about the wealth inequality with Supermarkets having record breaking profits and farmers barely getting by. No he talks about inheritance tax for land, even though the majority of farmers don't own the land, it's owned by the rich like Clarkson. Who said the only reason he brought a farm was to avoid tax.
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RecordingSilly61185 days ago
+23
>Does he talk about the wealth inequality with Supermarkets having record breaking profits and farmers barely getting by.
Yes, he literally talks about how farmers can barely make any money from supermarkets because they pay bottom dollar to farmers. It's a major point in one of the seasons.
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iFozy5 days ago
+10
It really is weird that people just get angry at something they have zero idea about. People should watch the show and maybe you’ll understand why people say such things. If I’m not being clear - sorry. I agree with you.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-6
Such is the problem with being a primary producer. Unfortunately if the price of food goes up any more, people are going to start killing each other. We all need to make sacrifices
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RecordingSilly61185 days ago
+6
Thank you for that useless, fearmongering response.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-1
I’m not paying any more for basic amenities. You yanks don’t know how good you have it. Britain is in a severe cost of living crisis.
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Own_Diamond38655 days ago
+5
So, you're going to start murdering people?
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tfhermobwoayway4 days ago
No, because I’m a civilised man. But I have actually cracked open a history book before. When the money starts getting tight people start getting angry and looking for someone to blame.
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porkchop20225 days ago
+12
Never would have guessed one of my highly anticipated shows would be this one, but here I am.
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PembrokePercy5 days ago
+3
My wife and kids poke fun at me for my 'farming show' but it's entertaining for me to watch Jeremy fail at most things. I grew up around a farm so I really tuned in expecting him to have a long ass lesson. I have not been disappointed yet.
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panzerhund23845 days ago
+41
This old codger has taught me as much about farming as he did about cars...LEGEND
It helps that he's a Genesis fanboy as well!
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RiseFromYourGrav5 days ago
+9
I have a copy of the Genesis 1970-1975 box set, and in the little booklet that comes with it, there's an introduction to each album written by a different famous person, and Clarkson wrote the one for Selling England By The Pound. I started reading it, thought it was funny and sincere, and laughed my ass off when I saw his name at the end.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
+3
I didn’t chalk him up to be a gamer.
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RiseFromYourGrav5 days ago
+3
It's funny because there's also a car brand named Genesis that you'd think would be the first thing to come to mind when talking about a famed Top Gear host.
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yourbluejumper5 days ago
+8
Can't believe we are on season 5. Absolutely love the show. When I hear news about the farm online I never read it as I don't want any spoilers 😂
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Created_By_InGen5 days ago
+3
Hallelujah!!
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Slipperytitski4 days ago
+1
Im glad the 3 shows i like on Prime come out at roughly the same time of year
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Poisonous-Toad4 days ago
+1
Gonna buy a farm if I keep watching this show
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emotwen3 days ago
+1
Didn’t even finish last season with all the pub nonsense.
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KroopaLoops5 days ago
+1
Lets go!
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Logondo5 days ago
+1
Nice, I’ve just about wrapped up S4.
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The-Soul-Stone5 days ago
-25
Enjoyed it previously, but I doubt I can be bothered with 8 hours of Clarkson whining about the tax loophole he bought his farm for being closed.
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rbp255 days ago
+13
I could watch Clarkson talk about anything tbh
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The-Soul-Stone5 days ago
-13
Anything except “Won’t somebody *PLEASE* think of the multi-millionaires” would be fine. Ideally some actual farming since that fell away a bit in favour of the pub last season.
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jpk6135 days ago
+5
He’s whining about inheritance tax for farmers. And is something that should have people of the uk attention.
Even if it doesn’t effect you or you don’t care about.
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Tinyjar5 days ago
+8
He's literally complaining about the tax loophole that allowed farmland to be inherited at a much lower tax percentage than it otherwise would be just because he called it farmland and grew a few spuds.
It allowed the rich to buy land, grow the smallest amount of veg possible and then avoid inheritance tax. Clarkson said he even brought the land just to exploit this then bitched about it when the government stopped it.
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RecordingSilly61185 days ago
> He's literally complaining about the tax loophole that allowed farmland to be inherited at a much lower tax percentage than it otherwise would be just because he called it farmland and grew a few spuds.
>
>
Idk how you can watch 5 minutes of that show and think he "only grew a few spuds". Unless you think 500 acres of arable farmland is made up lol. Literally they show every season all the crops that they farm, and it's like hundreds of tons in weight.
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sjw_75 days ago
-1
Yes he did buy it as tax avoidance which is perfectly legal and was the advice at the time. But he didn't let it sit fallow instead its been kept running as a fully operational farm in the almost 20 years since he brought it.
He also brought it from a large estate so didn't take away anyones inheritance.
Most people who have a problem with it are just jealous because if they had the money and were in the same situation at the time they would probably have done the same.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
+2
I’m not jealous, I’m just sick of the fact this country is dying and I can’t do anything because there’s no money in the public coffers.
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sjw_75 days ago
+2
Whats that got to do with Clarkson and his farm?
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
+3
Because he’s a massive proponent of tax avoidance. He sits on his millions and taunts us about how he pays no tax, and then our public infrastructure fails.
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sjw_75 days ago
If you pay into a pension you are avoiding tax. If you save in an ISA you are avoiding tax. If you use a salary sacrifice scheme at work you are avoiding paying tax.
Tax avoidance is not only perfectly legal it is fully encouraged. You are required by law to pay the correct amount of tax and not a penny more. There are a vast number of schemes and mechanisms provided by the government to help keep your tax bill as low as possible. He made use of one of these schemes and I am sure you also make use of many others too.
Should people pay more tax than they are supposed to just because they are rich?
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
+2
There’s a difference between established, recommended measures and an obvious loophole employed by the rich. The fact the government cracked down on it obviously indicates that he was doing a naughty.
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sjw_75 days ago
+3
It was a perfectly legal and legitimate thing to do. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it wasn't.
The other thing is he kept it as a fully working farm the entire time. If he had shut it down and left it fallow then I would agree but he didn't.
Like I said the main reason people dont like it is because they are jealous that they cant do it themselves.
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tfhermobwoayway5 days ago
-1
I mean maybe. But tax avoidance is inherently a prisoner’s dilemma. If everyone does tax avoidance then nobody pays tax and no public services get funded. So I’m encouraged to support tax avoidance being done by as many people as possible (to stick it to the man) but at the same time I, personally, recognise that tax avoidance only works if a few people do it.
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NoTitleChamp5 days ago
-7
Bull. He doesn't give a c*** about it morally, he's pissed because the government want to close tax loopholes which were the only reason he's cosplaying as a farmer.
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TheOneCalledMartin5 days ago
Nice
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TheHumanTarget845 days ago
-6
A show I'd love to watch if the host wasn't a total shithead.
Completely self centered grumpy conservative uncle was funny twenty years ago.
Then I realized they're the people who've absolutely fucked the world.
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Leptisci5 days ago
+1
The guys a bigoted c***. Irritates me how people can just uncritically praise him despite the heinous shit he’s said and done for decades.
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BondFan2115 days ago
-6
Oh well. Go and watch whatever liberal capeshit is getting cancelled after this year, then.
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TheHumanTarget845 days ago
-1
Lol exactly the kind of people this guy attracts.
Scum of the Earth.
Fingers crossed the next Bond is gay and black so you all have strokes.
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BondFan2115 days ago
-2
You guys are having real trouble coming to terms with how unpopular your propaganda shows are now. 🤣 Remind me how Star Trek and Doctor Who went.
Oh well, if the next Bond is black and gay, I can guarantee you only one movie is getting made before the franchise is iced 🤣 Hollywood likes to outwardly display their absolute lack of ability to learn a lesson.
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Regular_Ad_95985 days ago
Can't wait to cry over more animal mishaps.
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katiegirl-5 days ago
-3
I cannot forget what this thoughtless careless man said about Meghan Markle.
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bwoah_gimmethedrink4 days ago
+3
the truth?
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_GuybrushThreepw00d5 days ago
Cant wait !!
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fitzysbuna5 days ago
-1
last season was a bit hard to watch with the 2 women leaving working in the pub because of Clarkson! hope this season is a bit better because he came across very nasty compared to the previous seasons.
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TheJonnieP5 days ago
I thought he was gonna wait a while before doing another season. Or was he stopping after S5?
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geockabez4 days ago
I swear I thought that guy passed away in 2012. Didn't he get sacked for hitting someone over a beefsteak?
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Jamie000034 days ago
Man, he's still going? He must be like a bazillion at this point :P
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