Jeremy Clarkson has said people in the UK “do not pay enough for their food” amid the cost-of-living crisis.

The 62-year-old broadcaster bought Diddly Squat Farm in Chadlington in 2008 which was run by a local villager but after he retired in 2019, Clarkson decided to see if he could run it himself.

His attempts were documented for Amazon Prime TV series Clarkson’s Farm which charted the difficulties faced by farm workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Appearing on The News Agents podcast, Clarkson told presenters Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel that he believes food prices should be double what they are.

He said: “People simply don’t pay enough for their food. The one thing a government will never say ‘oh you’ve got to pay more for your food, you don’t pay enough’.”

Maitlis, who joined the BBC in 2001 and presented Newsnight from 2006 until earlier this year, said: “So Jeremy Clarkson says prices should go up?”

Clarkson replied: “Yeah, they should. They should be double what they are, you know to get out and do that sort of work.”

His comments come after Dave Ramsden, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, gave a speech on Thursday about the uncertain and unpredictable UK economy at the Bank of England Watchers’ Conference.

He said he is “acutely conscious” that raising interest rates is adding to the hardship faced by millions of households and businesses amid the cost-of-living crisis.

Clarkson’s full interview is available on The News Agents podcast on Global Player.

 

 

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