Has he renamed his farm yet after he got called out for using it as a tax dodge then crying when the loophole got closed?
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[TV] Clarkson's Farm 3 (and 4)
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Couple of points :Each to his own.
I caught a bit of an old Top Gear recently. I used to love the programme. But there was a whiff of something from Clarkson I didn't like, something I had perhaps chosen to ignore at the time.
So I'm going to keep him on ignore, along with other 'flawed' but interesting characters, such as Joey Barton, Gervais himself (and Dawkins, the pompous arse), Noel Edmonds, David Icke and so on.
Moving on....I note you note that 'others' call Clarkson 'anti woke', and then you started a rant about what 'wokes' want. Why on earth are you interested in the demands of sad arts students from former polytechnics? I have never met a 'woke' and am never likely to. Perhaps you should try harder to ignore them.
None of this of course detracts from the fact that Clarky's Farm may well be an interesting and educational TV programme, bringing the countryside into the sitting room of townies who never knew where food comes from, or how expensive it is to be at one with the land. Doubtless, for Clarky, a Bafta awaits. But alas, I shall not be tuning in. I don't like oafish bullies, even if they are delightfully contrarian.
1. While you clearly don't like Gervais comedy (neither do I), he's a decent human being who has a great love of animals.
2. There is nothing wrong with "former polytechnics" - it's just uni snobbery you're displaying.
And yes, I expect I'll now go back on the naughty step otherwise known as the ignore list.
While the show is contrived Clarkson does promote the farmers and highlights the issues they face. He obviously is unlike most in that he has a wealth of about £50m.
I do know someone who has had dealings with him on the farm and they do say he does actually work the farm himself and it's not just for show. In the 5th episode he did look absolutely shattered. I'm aware of that when I had a smallholding with horses, sheep, goats and pigs. The pigs were an eternal pain in the arse. Forever escaping out of their pens and then the wild boars trying to get in! Sheep die for the sheer hell of it.
He does employ locals, helps other local businesses and for that he does get my support but:
You'd never open a pub after a huge refit without doing a soft opening
You'd never allow two women who are obviously not business women at all
You'd never have a chef who hadn't priced the food prior to opening
You'd never have a chef who couldn't portion size correctly
You'd never have a chef who didn't accept the brief from the beginning and adjust his stock accordingly
You'd never open on the first day without a booking system
You'd never connect a pub to the mains water with a small bore pipe. Add to which a full survey on expected usage.
You'd never allow the public to load so much food on their plate (a word with them would stop such gluttony)
I know it was somewhat staged but apart from Clarkson showing himself up, it showed that his builder and Charlie are not as professional as they would like. mainly Charlie knows about crops and animals he certainly is not a publican.
I do know someone who has had dealings with him on the farm and they do say he does actually work the farm himself and it's not just for show. In the 5th episode he did look absolutely shattered. I'm aware of that when I had a smallholding with horses, sheep, goats and pigs. The pigs were an eternal pain in the arse. Forever escaping out of their pens and then the wild boars trying to get in! Sheep die for the sheer hell of it.
He does employ locals, helps other local businesses and for that he does get my support but:
You'd never open a pub after a huge refit without doing a soft opening
You'd never allow two women who are obviously not business women at all
You'd never have a chef who hadn't priced the food prior to opening
You'd never have a chef who couldn't portion size correctly
You'd never have a chef who didn't accept the brief from the beginning and adjust his stock accordingly
You'd never open on the first day without a booking system
You'd never connect a pub to the mains water with a small bore pipe. Add to which a full survey on expected usage.
You'd never allow the public to load so much food on their plate (a word with them would stop such gluttony)
I know it was somewhat staged but apart from Clarkson showing himself up, it showed that his builder and Charlie are not as professional as they would like. mainly Charlie knows about crops and animals he certainly is not a publican.
Farms are woke.
Many
https://uk.indeed.com/career/farmer/salaries
Working 52 weeks of the year often very long lonely hours, most dangerous job in the UK for minimum wage.
There's a huge difference between farmers (tenants etc) and land owners
bluenitsuj
Listen to me!!!
Oh no!!! That will show em
I bet they are gutted.Big fan of Clarkson's Farm, whether contrived or not. Really enjoyed the first 6 episodes of Season 4, but can't say the same for the last 2 episodes that I watched last night!
The Pub opening was more like a couple of episodes of Ground Force or DIY SOS (if you remember those) and was a bit of a farce.
The Farm works because JC is being a bit of a buffoon but being guided by professional people (bring back Harriet) on a subject that most of us don't have the first idea of how it all works BUT that's why it works. Opening a pub being guided by people don't don't know what they are doing (Charlie) and professionals who also don't appear to know what they are doing...........thinking about it, isn't that the way The Apprentice works?
Stick to the Farm imho...
The Pub opening was more like a couple of episodes of Ground Force or DIY SOS (if you remember those) and was a bit of a farce.
The Farm works because JC is being a bit of a buffoon but being guided by professional people (bring back Harriet) on a subject that most of us don't have the first idea of how it all works BUT that's why it works. Opening a pub being guided by people don't don't know what they are doing (Charlie) and professionals who also don't appear to know what they are doing...........thinking about it, isn't that the way The Apprentice works?
Stick to the Farm imho...
Yes
Thing is that opening the pub was always going to be a success with fans all wanting to come. He could and maybe will open others with the same concept.
Biggest issue as he highlighted is the local slaughterhouses are all shutting. It cost me a lot of money and time when ours closed at Heathfield. Trying to source local produce is a pain. People are too used to getting everything these days and our seasonal food is complemented by food from all over the world. We need to go back to the old ways imo.
Just not sure why tomato sauce isn't available in his pub unless I missed the reason.
No, your points are fair. I really shoud move forward from RG's unfortunate 'mong' episide.
And I really must stop 'polytechniquing'. Sadly this is carry over from my experiences with my former union,
and their inability to differentiate between women academics on average earning less than males,
(because there are proportionately more crusty old professors who never had a maternity break),
and women academics below professor level on the same grade as men earning less than men,
(which is illegal)
and creating a false narrative over pay, detracting from genuine issues about pension value debasement.
I released you from my naughty step years ago,
when I got a better sense of your imperatives.
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Nobby
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- Sep 29, 2007
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Exactly. Has anyone met a poor farmer?
B-right-on
Living the dream
Me.
SweatyMexican
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- Mar 31, 2013
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I enjoy the show for its easy watching, but those last few episodes were stressful.
I don’t know whether they did it for ‘tv drama’ (which is the opposite of what the shows needs to be, for me) but how is a pricing strategy not considered until the day of opening? Bonkers.
I don’t know whether they did it for ‘tv drama’ (which is the opposite of what the shows needs to be, for me) but how is a pricing strategy not considered until the day of opening? Bonkers.
Arkwright
Arkwright
Not all farmers own the farms.
Use to live in a farming village in Hampshire, the farm and shop has closed, they didn't have a pot to pee in.
Long hours and little return.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Enjoyed it as usual. Im less looking forward to the next season if it's all about him fighting the 'Family Farm Tax' as that's going to get annoying very quickly.
I agree. I love the show but him kicking off about the government targeting people like him who bought land to avoid inheritance tax is going to be painful viewing.
So long as he is fighting for farmers NOT land owners like him it's just fine. He has a voice that may just change this total f*** up of a policy. Farmers need supporting, they are currently struggling just when we need to start sourcing our food locally.
Is there an ETA for that?
- Jul 17, 2003
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2026 at the earliest or 2027