Overview
- The broadcaster posted on X on October 12 asking Doncaster North voters if they are happy with their MP and if they would like someone local to unseat him.
- Public backers quickly surfaced, including former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe, Conservative councillor Liam Walker and Reform UK figure Zia Yusuf.
- In a weekend Sun column, Clarkson attacked Nigel Farage’s economic proposals and called Sir Keir Starmer “thick,” while praising Mel Stride’s “common sense.”
- Coverage cites a YouGov MRP indicating Miliband could lose the seat to Reform UK, and reports conflict on Miliband’s past majority with figures of 9,126 and 2,370 both mentioned.
- No candidacy or party affiliation has been declared as Clarkson’s hints revive a 2013 suggestion of an independent bid and track with his farming-focused activism and Net Zero critiques.