Jeremy Clarkson’s Farm show on Amazon is the most radicalizing piece of mainstream media I’ve ever seen
Just one example (bear with me):
Badgers became a protected species in Britain 40+ years ago.
The population has exploded and now frequently transmits tuberculosis to cows
But farmers can’t cull the badger population to protect their cattle because the government still considers them to be endangered
Instead of addressing the root cause, the UK has the most batshit testing regime for cattle
There’s no TB vaccine. So the cattle have to get tested. The vets administering the test have to measure welts on the cows neck. Whether a cow lives or dies comes down to a vet trying to discern 1mm on a caliper (reactive vs non reactive).
If a cow tests positive, the farm (already running on super thin margins) is quarantined and starts hemorrhaging money.
Jeremy Clarkson’s cow (pregnant with twins) has an inconclusive test so it’s separated from the herd. It receives a second inconclusive test so they have to kill it (before it can give birth to the twins).
Now here’s the kicker: the autopsy reveals no sign of TB. It was a healthy cow needlessly killed
So - silver lining the farm should be removed from quarantine, right? WRONG - it’s still under quarantine and has to keep testing and can’t sell its beef
Kafkaesque doesn’t even begin to describe how f’d up it is for British farmers
Jeremy Clarkson has given an update on his prostrate cancer:
"Hello everyone. Now the more observant amongst you would have noticed that I'm not dead, and I'm not just not dead, I'm perfectly fine. My eyebrows in particular are looking very lustrous.
And the reason why I'm fine is because the doctor caught the prostate cancer early, and they caught it early because, I got tested.
Now I know a lot of you will say, 'Eww, I don't want to be tested because it means someone will have to put their finger in me,' but it's just a blood test these days.
And if you go to your doctor and he says, 'Well I'm not going to test you because you don't have any symptoms and you're not in a high risk category,' just lie. Say you've got symptoms. Say that you have to get up 32 times in the night for a wee and there's some dribbling.
Because look, 10, 12 thousand people, men to be honest, die every year in the UK from prostate cancer. Don't be one of them. Get tested."
Glad you are well Jeremy and sharing this message!! @JeremyClarkson
I mean your country runs on tourism and intentional kawaii culture as a rebrand from a war criminal. You should shut up and keep your racism to yourself.