Jeremy Clarkson's strict Farmer's Dog pub rule broken by former prime minister
More than 400 politicians are banned from Jeremy Clarkson’s Cotswolds pub, The Farmer’s Dog. However, the former Top Gear icon is apparently willing to bend the rigid rules and make exceptions for his friends, according to a new report.
Last Friday (4 September), The Farmer’s Dog hosted a Hawkstone Harvest Festival to celebrate ‘a sweaty, dusty, back-breaking few months’ of hard work.
“Our farmers are absolutely exhausted, and frankly, we all need a pint. So, we’re throwing a proper Hawkstone Harvest Festival to celebrate,” the Burford establishment reasoned.
Clarkson, 66, and fellow star of Clarkson’s Farm, Kaleb Cooper, 28, dropped in while exclusive guests were afforded the first taste of the new collaboration brew with agricultural pioneers at Wildfarmed.
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David Cameron, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was another famous face in attendance.
The Sun wrote that Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, 59, was seen supping on a glass of Clarkson’s Hawkstone stout at The Farmer’s Dog pub on Friday.
It’s understood that both he and the Harvest Festival were being filmed for Clarkson’s Farm season six.
“Jeremy has done an amazing job at highlighting some of the issues in the countryside,” Cameron said.
“He’s done more for farming than anyone else I can think of in recent years.”
The ex-politician went on to brand the Hawkstone Farmers Choir, which won the latest series of Britain’s Got Talent, as ‘brilliant’, as he gushed: “When they have been on TV, watching them has been incredibly emotional.”
Speaking about their slot at the Hawkstone Harvest Festival, which saw the musicians collaborating with Groove Armada’s Andy Cato, Cameron added: “Bringing them together with Groove Armada is, for someone of my age, the perfect combination. It is very clever, and I just want to show my support.”
Cameron’s presence at The Farmer’s Dog breaks a long-standing rule: No politicians allowed.
In December, the TV presenter confirmed more than 400 Labour MPs were barred from his pub.
The decision was made after former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves confirmed further tax hikes were coming.
The Diddly Squat farmer made an exception for Markus Campbell-Savours.
The latter, of Penrith and Solway, had the whip removed after voting against the Labour government's plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers.
"To be clear, I have banned all Labour MPs from my pub, except one: Markus Campbell Savours," Clarkson wrote on social media at the time, adding: "He’s welcome any time. And not just because the Labour Party has now sacked him."
It can be deduced that Cameron is obviously not included in the politician blanket ban, given his presence at the Harvest Festival.
Clarkson, who revealed he was diagnosed with an ‘aggressive’ form of prostate cancer in Clarkson’s Farm series five, recently spoke about his bond with Cameron, who was diagnosed in 2024.
“I was talking to David (Cameron) about it earlier this morning. He said the amount of people that come up to him is mostly in public conveniences and say, ‘If you hadn’t owned up to it, I wouldn’t have got checked’, and they wouldn’t have found it,” he wrote in his Times collumn.
“So now there’s a group of us, Giles Coren, David, me, one or two other people, and we meet for lunch every so often.”
Clarkson’s Farm series six is expected to air in summer 2027. Watch all episodes from seasons one to five on Amazon Prime Video now.
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Ella Scott