Jeremy Clarkson has launched a scathing attack on the candidates vying to become the next Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister, branding them all “perma-smiley weirdos”. In his latest column for The Times, the 62-year-old Clarkson’s Farm star expressed his frustration with the leadership contest, describing it as “shoulder-saggingly boring”.
Clarkson wrote: “I don't know who any of the candidates are or what any of them think. It's like trying to choose your favourite milk bottle.” He lamented that the country is full of “brilliant and interesting” people, making the selection process “all the more depressing”.
Hinting that the correct choice would be “none of the above”, Clarkson argued that anyone who wants to be Prime Minister must be “totally off their rocker” due to the abuse they face. “Unless we can think of someone else to use as a receptacle for our anger and our disgust and our rage, we are never again going to be represented by anyone who's even remotely normal,” he insisted.
The five remaining candidates are Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat. They will face further TV debates this week, with a winner not announced until September 5.
