Jeremy Clarkson has points an “vital” warning to followers after a deceptive social media account started sharing a petition in his title. The 65-year-old broadcaster was pressured to intervene on X, previously Twitter, when a profile calling itself Clarksons Farm started posting in regards to the Authorities’s reported plans to introduce digital ID playing cards. The petition being promoted by the account reads: “Don’t introduce Digital ID playing cards. We demand that the UK Authorities instantly commits to not introducing a digital ID playing cards.
“We expect this might be a step in direction of mass surveillance and digital management, and that nobody ought to be pressured to register with a state-controlled ID system. We oppose the creation of any nationwide ID system.” The fan profile, which carries a blue verification tick, shared a screenshot of the petition and added: “Nearly 2.4 million already, wow,” alongside a hyperlink.
Its bio makes clear it’s a “fan account not consultant of Clarkson’s Farm! Working tirelessly to again British farming and make you smile!” — however that wasn’t sufficient to cease Clarkson setting the report straight.
The previous High Gear host wrote: “It is very important keep in mind that this account has nothing to do with me.”
Clarkson has by no means shied away from wading into political debates, and he additionally aimed a barb at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over latest experiences he averted an inheritance tax invoice.
Starmer, 62, was accused of placing a seven-acre discipline he purchased behind his dad and mom’ Surrey house right into a belief, which may have decreased their property’s legal responsibility.
The land was bought in 1996 for £20,000 and used as a donkey sanctuary for his mom, who was significantly sick.
The Prime Minister denied the tax-avoidance declare, telling the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg: “I purchased a discipline for my mum and my dad as a result of they liked donkeys.
“My mum was very sick and she or he couldn’t transfer round anymore. She, by the top of her life, had her leg amputated and she or he may barely talk. She was very, very sick. She liked her donkeys and I wished her to have the ability to see her donkeys.”
Clarkson couldn’t resist a swipe, posting: “I’m wondering if Starmer acquired planning permission for the donkey shelter he constructed?”
Starmer has since confirmed he bought the sphere in 2022 together with an adjoining strip of land for greater than ten occasions its unique value.
His tax returns for 2022/23 present the sale, and consultants famous the property by no means got here near hitting the £1million threshold that may have triggered inheritance tax.
