Jeremy Clarkson has been refused permission to sell food he grew himself, twice. In the same window, central government overruled a Lincolnshire council to put solar panels across 1,214 hectares of grazing land, an area the size of Heathrow.
Run the two columns side by side, because the pattern is the whole story.
He asked to open a restaurant in his own lambing shed. Refused.
He asked for a car park for the people already blocking the lane. Refused.
He asked to sell food produced more than sixteen miles away. Capped at sixteen.
He asked for a barn to store his own harvest, so he would not have to sell at whatever price August offered. Full application required.
He asked about the restaurant again. Enforcement notice, and six weeks judged ample to put the building back as it was.
Now the other column.
Had he covered those same fields in solar panels, the council could have refused and been overruled from Whitehall, as Lincolnshire was in October 2025.
Had he grown maize to feed an anaerobic digester, nobody would have written to anybody.
Had he taken £532 a hectare from Defra to grow a legume fallow, he would have been paid to leave a crop standing that may not be harvested, grazed or sold. Defra cut that rate this year and gave the reason in writing: it had become attractive enough to take land out of food production.
Had he sold the lot to a data centre, a battery park or a Chinese pig unit, all four of which he listed in his column last week, the paperwork would have moved considerably faster than a farm shop's.
There is your planning system. Every use of English farmland is easier to permit than farming.
Two hundred of his acres grew nothing at all this year, and the queue of people who want that ground for something other than food is already forming.
He is not being stopped from developing the countryside. He is being stopped from feeding it.
Interesting.. 1.5 million Christians marched the streets of Belgrade. The mainstream media won’t show you this. Faith is still alive and strong. ✝️🙏
Do you believe God is real?
“THE GOVERNMENT, THEY PAY MY RENT FOR ME!”
Said with a smile with zero shame and without a care in the world.
That’s £1,600 a month for his house in Oxfordshire paid for by the taxpayer.
That’s before any other benefit.
No wonder they’re laughing.
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Followed this lovely man & my dear friend since @ChelseaFanCast was on the benches. Since then his podcast has progressed & he’s a well loved name amongst the Chels. Happy birthday @StamfordChidge love you lots 🫶💙 #upthecelery
When your grandchildren ask,
“What did you do, Grandad, when England was being invaded?”
Most of these soft keyboard warriors will have nothing real to say.
They changed a profile picture for an England flag!
They posted angrily on X.
They stayed home, safe, and called it resistance.
That’s not action. That’s cosplay.
Don’t call yourselves men of England.
You’re social-media spectators who mistook posting for fighting.
While some of us were actually doing something, most of you never even left the house. Bitches!
History will not remember you!
⚠️ NORTHERN IRELAND - THIS CREATURE PUNCHED, STRANGLED AND THREW HIS 14‑WEEK‑OLD PUP
🚨JOSHUA BRADLEY, 21, DOAGH, BALLYCLARE, CO ANTRIM
In court, it was heard that Bradley from Doagh near #ballyclare punched the puppy in the face, strangled him and threw him across a room while shouting abuse. The pup “screeched” in pain during the attack.
Miraculously, the puppy was uninjured, and he is now being cared for by Bradley’s former partner.
The incident, which took place in March 2024, was captured on video and shown in court. The judge described Bradley’s actions as “quite appalling” and warned that this level of cruelty is a red flag for future violence.
Bradley received a six‑month prison sentence, suspended for three years, and was banned from keeping animals for FIVE years.
💔 This case shows again how lightly animal cruelty is punished — and how many offenders walk free despite violent acts against defenceless animals.
Source: Northern ireland World (paywalled) https://t.co/ZvpA7i8laC
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Image credit: Inside the courtroom NI