It's been a terrible year for farming, Jeremy Clarkson tells Tory conference
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Jeremy Clarkson: Farming this year was 'an absolute disaster' Jeremy 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.
杰里米·克拉克森：今年的农业“绝对是一场灾难” 杰里米·克拉克森出人意料地出席伯明翰保守党会议，表示由于天气炎热，今年对农业来说是“糟糕”的一年。
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.
这位前《Top Gear》节目主持人、《克拉克森农场》明星也表示，农民正受到成本上涨的各个角度的“攻击”，但他对未来持乐观态度。
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".
他受到了保守党信徒的热烈掌声，但他开玩笑说，“我注意到，很多人都打扮成座位，就在那里的边缘”。
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?"
在与土地经纪人查理·爱尔兰一起的问答环节中，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开展业务？”
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.
克拉克森也是英国独立电视台节目《谁想成为百万富翁》的主持人，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。
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.
当被问及他在农场度过了怎样的一年时，克拉克森说：“我们一整年都非常努力工作，最后我们得到了三盎司母鸡饲料，我想我说得对。
"It was an absolute disaster on the farming side but, I mean, luckily we've got other projects going on now.
“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。
"But the farming is very, very difficult – very, very difficult at the moment."
“但目前耕作非常非常困难。”
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.
他补充道：“我很幸运，我确实有其他收入来源和报纸专栏，但如果你是一名普通农民，这不仅仅是天气。
"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."
“记住，正如查理所说，攻击来自四面八方——无论是伊朗还是乌克兰，还是税收或能源成本——无论是什么，它都是无情的。”
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.
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对农民征收遗产税计划的运动。
Former chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the government would levy inheritance tax on family farms in the party's first budget.
前财政大臣雷切尔·里夫斯(Rachel Reeves)在该党的第一份预算中宣布，政府将向家庭农场征收遗产税。
But the plan was watered down last year following the farmers' campaign and pressure from some of Labour's rural MPs.
但去年，由于农民的运动和一些工党农村议员的压力，该计划被淡化了。
Responding to Clarkson's comments, a government source said: "We are working with farmers to strengthen domestic food production and make supply chains more resilient as we build a stronger and more profitable farming sector together."
一位政府消息人士在回应克拉克森的评论时表示：“我们正在与农民合作，加强国内粮食生产，使供应链更具弹性，共同建设更强大、更有利可图的农业部门。”
Clarkson also joked about comments by Labour MP Jenny Riddell-Carpenter who said the Britain of country pubs and black Labradors was a "nostalgic" false memory.
克拉克森还对工党议员珍妮·里德尔-卡彭特的评论开玩笑，她说英国的乡村酒吧和黑色拉布拉多犬是一种“怀旧”的错误记忆。
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.
他开玩笑说自己是一名“社会主义者”，因为他喝啤酒，还养了两只狐红色拉布拉多犬，此前有报道称里德尔-卡彭特在一次工党会议边缘活动中表示，她担心极右翼会决定农村地区的愿景。
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.
里德尔-卡彭特曾说过：“这将是温暖的麦芽酒，一只黑色拉布拉多犬在你脚边的一家不存在的酒吧里，周围充满了猎狐的象征。
It'll be a very far-right nostalgic vision of Britain that we don't want to have, (that) never really existed."
这将是一种非常右翼的英国怀旧愿景，我们不想拥有这种愿景，这种愿景从未真正存在过。”
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