Jeremy Clarkson ‘worried’ about Kaleb Cooper’s future

Clarkson compared the government's treatment of the farming industry to 'ethnic cleansing.'

Jeremy Clarkson has spoken about his concern for the future of his farming assistant Kaleb Cooper and the industry as a whole. Clarkson and Cooper starred alongside each other in Amazon Prime series Clarkson's Farm, which followed the former Top Gear presenter's attempt to farm 1,000 acres of land in the Cotswolds. Cooper became a star of the show, being the perfect foil to Clarkson's ineptitude in the farming world. But the outspoken presenter and journalist has now revealed that he is concerned for Kaleb's future as a farmer because of the way the industry is being treated by the government. Clarkson went as far to say that the government's neglect of farming is like "ethnic cleansing" as it is forcing people like Kaleb off their land. Speaking to The Sun, he said: "Kaleb's fantastic but it worries me how he'll ever be able to afford his own farm. "It should be as much encouragement as possible from the Government to the farmers to actually get it back up a bit.

"If you're thinking about the country as a whole and looking after the people in it, you have to look after the farmers who provide the food." In the first series of Clarkson's Farm, he managed to make just £144 worth of profit. In July, Amazon confirmed that the show would be returning for a second series. Related links:

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