
布莱恩·惠勒(Brian Wheeler)杰里米·克拉克森(Jeremy Clarkson)在伯明翰举行的保守党会议上意外露面时表示,由于天气炎热,今年对农业来说是“可怕”的一年。
Clarkson has said it had been a "terrible" year for farming due to the hot weather, at a surprise appearance at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
这位前Top Gear主持人、克拉克森农场的明星也表示,农民正在受到成本上升的各个角度的“攻击”,但他对未来持乐观态度。
The former Top Gear presenter and star of Clarkson's Farm also said farmers were being "attacked" from every angle by rising costs, but he was optimistic about the future.
他受到了保守党忠实信徒的热烈掌声,但他开玩笑说,“我注意到,很多人都打扮成座位,聚集在那里的边缘”。
He was greeted by loud applause from the Tory faithful, but joked that "a lot of people have come dressed as seats, I notice, around the edges there".
在与土地经纪人查理·爱尔兰(Charlie Ireland)一起进行的问答环节中,他还批评了企业主面临的经济状况,问道:“为什么有人现在要在这个国家创办企业?克拉克森还主持了英国独立电视台《谁想成为百万富翁》,他是由保守党影子环境大臣维多利亚·阿特金斯介绍上台的。
In a question and answer session alongside land agent Charlie Ireland, he also criticised the economic conditions faced by business owners, asking: "Why would anybody set up a business in this country right now?" Clarkson - who also hosts ITV's Who Wants to be a Millionaire - was introduced to the stage by the Conservative shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins.
当被问及他在农场度过了什么样的一年时,克拉克森说:“我们一整年都非常努力,我想我说得对,我们最终得到了三盎司的母鸡饲料。
Asked what kind of year he had had on the farm, Clarkson said: "We worked really hard all year and we ended up with, I think I'm right in saying, three ounces of hen food.
“这对农业来说绝对是一场灾难,但我的意思是,幸运的是,我们现在还有其他项目正在进行。
"It was an absolute disaster on the farming side but, I mean, luckily we've got other projects going on now.
“但是农业非常非常困难--目前非常非常困难。”他补充道:“我很幸运,我确实有其他收入来源和报纸专栏,但如果你是一个普通农民,这不仅仅是天气。
"But the farming is very, very difficult – very, very difficult at the moment." He added: "I'm very fortunate that I do have other income streams and newspaper columns, but if you're an ordinary farmer, it's not just the weather.
“请记住,正如查理所说,攻击来自世界各地--无论是伊朗、乌克兰,还是税收或能源成本--无论是什么,都是无情的。“这位电视节目主持人长期以来一直是保守党的支持者,并参与了反对工党政府针对农民的遗产税计划的运动。
"Remember, it's as Charlie was saying, the attacks come from everywhere – whether it's Iran or Ukraine or taxes or energy costs – whatever it might be, it's just relentless." The TV presenter has long been a Conservative supporter and was involved in the campaign against the Labour government's inheritance tax plans for farmers.
前财政大臣雷切尔·里夫斯(Rachel Reeves)宣布,政府将在该党的第一份预算中对家庭农场征收遗产税。
Former chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the government would levy inheritance tax on family farms in the party's first budget.
但去年,由于农民的运动和一些工党农村议员的压力,该计划被淡化。
But the plan was watered down last year following the farmers' campaign and pressure from some of Labour's rural MPs.
克拉克森拿工党议员珍妮·里德尔-卡彭特的言论开玩笑,她说英国的乡村酒吧和黑人拉布拉多犬是一种“怀旧”的错误记忆。
Clarkson joked about comments by Labour MP Jenny Riddell-Carpenter who said the Britain of country pubs and black Labradors was a "nostalgic" false memory.
据报道,里德尔-卡彭特在工党会议边缘活动中表示,她担心极右翼决定农村地区的愿景,因此他开玩笑说自己是“社会主义者”,因为他喝啤酒,养了两只狐红拉布拉多犬。
He joked that he was a "socialist" because he drinks lager and has two fox red Labradors, after it was reported Riddell-Carpenter told a Labour conference fringe event she feared the far right deciding what the vision of rural areas is.
里德尔-卡彭特说过:“这将是那种温暖的麦芽酒,一只黑色拉布拉多犬在一家不存在的酒吧里放在你脚边,周围都象征着猎狐。这将是对英国的一种非常极右的怀旧愿景,我们不想拥有这种愿景,也从未真正存在过。"
Riddell-Carpenter had said: "It'll be that warm ale, a black Labrador by your feet in a pub that doesn't exist, and with symbolism of fox hunting all around them. It'll be a very far-right nostalgic vision of Britain that we don't want to have, (that) never really existed."