Jeremy Clarkson, your country needs you! Take a sabbatical from Diddly Squat Farm and enter the political fray. You would eat this awful Labour government alive.
Send our rotten, virtue-signalling ruling class into a blind panic. Britain yearns for change, for a clear and distinct outsider to disrupt our rancid political system.
This is the plea of Allister Heath in The Telegraph. He believes that Clarkson is the saviour the UK needs now.
Some may see this as sheer desperation, a last-ditch attempt to save a Britain in freefall from the brink of collapse. But the farmers’ revolt has restored Clarkson’s hero status. He was very active in the recent farmers’ demonstrations in London, and has a gift for speech like few other Britons.
Also, Clarkson is popular and certainly not woke. After getting filthy rich from his TV career, he bought a farm and now calls himself a farmer. At times a rather helpless and amateurish farmer, but one who is willing to learn and respects those who have the necessary knowledge.
The left in every country has always despised kulaks and freehold farmers, accusing them of hoarding land and other crimes against socialism.
Clarkson has not taken this lying down: He lashed out at Labour’s class warriors, demanded mass redundancies of public sector workers, exposed the BBC’s bias and accused the government of trying to “ethnically cleanse the countryside of farmers” in order to “carpet bomb” it with wind farms.
Clarkson doesn’t hold back on the abuse, as some of you may remember from Top Gear. He refuses to apologise to the elite for their betrayal of the British working and middle classes. That’s why Clarkson should be given a political role, says Heath.
I would urge Kemi Badenoch, who is off to a good start in her leadership, to enlist Clarkson in a bespoke, high-profile role; if she doesn’t, Farage is likely to forgive the TV star’s uncharacteristic support for Remain and offer him a central position.
The British were let down by the Tory party, who sabotaged Brexit, which happened against their will. As a result, the British must now try to survive five years of an extreme left-wing government that is well on its way to completely bankrupting the British people. The British are being radicalised, while the rest of Europe is moving to the right. Therefore, Starmer and co. could be the end of Britain as a significant and respected nation.
Young Brits realise where the wind is blowing, just like young Norwegians. At least this is true for boys; the girls have yet to give up their faith in the utopia of social democracy and socialism.
Half of young British men aged 18-35 would have voted for Donald Trump, twice as many as voted for Tory or Reform combined.
Women and older voters are much less keen, but the shift among the young “manosphere” – who never watch the BBC – is remarkable, and is due in part to a dramatic backlash against woke.
Also so-called minorities are backing Trump at a rapidly increasing rate. Jeremy Clarkson could appeal to these young voters.
Pollster James Kanagasooriam rightly argues that “if Jeremy Clarkson entered politics now, it could be Britain’s Trump moment – but far more English and less authoritarian”.
Publics look for leadership and inspiration from heterodox, charismatic figures who transcend ideological boundaries – and Clarkson is one of the UK’s foremost examples of this.
Heath cites the likes of Javier Milei, Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan and Elon Musk as heroes of the new movement, in stark contrast to the likes of Taylor Swift, Eva Longorias and other showbiz stars whose campaign for Kamala Harris was so ineffective.
Clarkson is in the same class as J.K. Rowling, says Heath, before for some incomprehensible reason mentioning the failed United star Marcus Rashford, who has become a whiny, bad footballer and a kneeling, left-wing idiot.
The idiots who laughed at Trump and Musk a few weeks ago are snorting at Clarkson today. They never learn.
Clarkson, who has never been to university, is exceptionally popular: According to JL Partners, his net favourability rating is +17 percent.
No British politician has a plus in the book when it comes to popularity. New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is the closest, at minus one per cent. Starmer is the most unpopular, with minus 22 per cent, closely followed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves (minus 16 per cent).
Clarkson’s authenticity is key. He’s pro-freedom, ready to stand up to the mob, a liberating force. The vast majority of people are not confused about race and class, and they appreciate that Clarkson doesn’t apologise for being white, a schoolboy and wealthy.
He speaks his mind and hates woke, what used to be called political correctness. His wealth and success help, rather than hinder, his popularity: The public realise he has a lot to lose, like Trump, Rowling and Musk, and they respect him for alienating his former friends.
Allister Heath is known for being one of the most prominent British pessimists. But now he says Jeremy Clarkson’s performance at the farmers’ demonstration gives him hope. “If Clarkson goes into politics, Labour should be very scared.
Here’s Clarkson in action at this weekend’s demonstration:
