• BurnedDonutHole
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    7 hours ago

    This dumbass was happy that government was paying him not to do anything with his land for that show he had called Clarkson’s Farm or something. I wonder when it started to hurt him so he started to pay attention…

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      5 hours ago

      In the show, he started farming as a little side project during the pandemic. But he realised how much it sucked and how hard it was for people for which it is the sole source of income.

      He’s tried to help his neighbours with the shops and restaurants. I don’t know how much of it is propaganda or not, but it seems genuine given his recent public statements about it.

      If a stubborn bastard like Clarkson can change his mind about stuff like that, it’s always good.

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        5 hours ago

        I didn’t say anything bad about his recent statements. I’ve yet to see anything real and tangible from his alleged efforts. While he was happy to accept such grants of doing nothing with joy. To me he is nothing but a TV personality and nothing about him is genuine. He literally did a Trump move on his latest interview where he asked the TV reporter what percentage is paying inheritance tax and she said 4% and he run with 96% of the people is having difficulties and shit. And when the same reporter asked where he get his numbers he asked his lackeys who is not effected? He is in my eyes nothing but an attention seeking bastard. Because he is talking loud but doing nothing real.

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          2 hours ago

          Holy mackerel, that was hard to read. The next time you post something, I’d recommend reading it out loud to yourself before hitting that submit button.

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          5 hours ago

          The real and tangible thing from his efforts is the slow itself. Regardless of his motives or wherever or not you like the guy, his show has actually raised a lot of awareness of how much farmers have struggled in the UK. He makes it very clear that the only reason he can afford to run the farm at all is because of the money from the show and he doesn’t know how other farmers are surviving - which in many cases they aren’t.

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            4 hours ago

            However he is also banging on about inheritance tax, which has nothing to do with whether real farmers can make ends meet and everything to do with rich, tax-dodge farmers like himself.

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            5 hours ago

            You’re fighting a strawman you made up buddy. I’m talking about his own and how he acted. If you don’t like it I suggest you check yourself and let me know if I was misleading about my claims.

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      6 hours ago

      He made millions via Amazon, he’s farm never hurt his wallet.