Jeremy Clarkson has spoken out following complaints about the price of his lager beer at £8 a pint.
Jeremy Clarkson has taken aim at the Labour Party after fans complained about the soaring cost of his Hawkstone lager — sparking a fresh political row that has quickly spilled across social media. The former Top Gear presenter waded into the debate after a supporter posted on X: “My lovely wife bought me a case of @JeremyClarkson Hawkstone lager. Very nice indeed.” But not everyone was raising a glass, as another user replied: “A decent brew but £8 a pint…”
The opinionated TV star and pub owner was quick to fire back, pinning the blame squarely on the Labour government. He wrote: “Yup. I’m afraid quite a lot of people voted Labour at the last election. And this is what’s happened.” The comment unleashed a torrent of reactions, with fans venting their frustration at rising prices and taxation. One wrote: “Tax on alcohol and tax on the money you earn to buy said alcohol. Oh and tax on the sugar that goes into said lager.
“Thanks government for keeping me safe by taxing me into poverty so I can’t do anything that could be remotely dangerous.”
Another claimed: “Actually not that many people did vote Labour. A quirk of first past the post. We are being ruled by an illegitimate regime.” One user simply replied with a bullseye emoji.
Hawkstone has already courted controversy in recent months, including complaints over a £95 booze-filled advent calendar and eyebrow-raising merchandise prices at Clarkson’s pub, The Farmer’s Dog on the edge of the Cotswolds. Items reportedly included a £60 jumper, a £40 apron, a £35 dog bowl and a £14 bottle opener.
Jeremy hasn’t held back in his criticism of Labour, recently accusing the party of making life “absolute hell” for farmers amid fury over proposed inheritance tax changes.
The Clarkson’s Farm star warned the plans — which would see agricultural assets over £1 million hit with a 20 per cent tax — were driving rural communities to “despair”.
Speaking on a podcast promoting a farmers’ event he is organising, he said: “It’s absolute hell now for farmers; we have an actively anti-farming Government that is making things extremely tricky for us all.”
He added: “I’m genuinely really cross, as there’s no one in Government who understands farming. We have got to get together to do something about this Government.”
Earlier this year, Jeremy floated the idea of banning people with food intolerances after being targeted by a scam. Writing in The Times, he claimed: “Food intolerance enthusiasts will claim after they leave that you poisoned them and that you must now give them 50,000 of your pounds.”
The comments followed an incident in which a gluten-intolerant customer said she had been served beer instead of cider and fell ill. Clarkson later revealed CCTV showed she had not been drinking beer.
Reacting to the ordeal, he wrote: “I’m seriously thinking of banning people with food intolerances. I know it would be commercial suicide, but they are just so annoying.”