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Jeremy Clarkson drops bid for restaurant at Diddly Squat Farm
- rcarr 4y agoIt was absolutely crystal clear that a group of people on the council have got it in for him. Obviously things are edited to show him in a favourable light but he was clearly trying to build something that was in the genuine interests of farmers in his local community and they're being absolutely disgraceful about it. Banning him from selling T-Shirts because they're made in China and not the Cotswolds? The bureaucracy in this country feels like it's bordering on Soviet Union territory. Good on him for finding a work around with the mobile food truck.
- ggm 4y agoIf he really wanted to make this work, doing it before the programme went to air, 2-3 years lead time, would have worked better. Making it happen in under 1year from the experience, exposes everyone to the distortions of the edit/production cycle. He probably did bring quite a lot of hate into the room with him: Polarising figures do that. That said, "you're not from round here" is huge in british rural society. Friends of friends were frosted out of the highlands crofting community by asserting their land rights against the locals desire for a fast path across. The secret ties go deep, and alienating the planners may in fact be as simple as disrespecting one of their aunts in a shopping carpark incident. What if Clarkson unknowingly walked into a 25 year deep dispute about farm tenancy and land access? He may unwittingly have triggered "because I couldn't, you can't too" type behaviours.
- ggm 4y agohttps://theconversation.com/why-do-small-rural-communities-often-shun-newcomers-even-when-they-need-them-199984 https://theconversation.com/why-do-small-rural-communities-o...