Jeremy Clarkson has pleaded with Boris Johnson to do more to help farmers combat red tape.
Mr Johnson stressed that the government is ‘putting a lot of money into new technology.
He continued: ‘What we want to do particularly for farmers – and I know that you care about this a lot – is ensure that we say that when farmers want to develop their property when they want to turn a barn into a bistro – or whatever you want to do – that we make sure that computer does not say no and we help them, and we help farmers to make the most of their crops and make the most of their land as well.
Replying to Mr Johnson’s video message on Twitter, Clarkson wrote: ‘Excellent news. Let’s hope the district councils and the silly red trouser people now back down. Britain needs food grown in Britain.’ Clarkson has been praised for shining a much-needed light on the tough farming industry in Clarkson’s Farm ’s The Grand Tour has become a campaigner for the farming industry after filming his television series Clarkson’s Farm.
The series follows Clarkson’s attempts to grow crops and look after livestock on Diddy Squat, the land he owns in the Cotswolds.
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