The former Top Gear presenter, 65, has been left fuming by the UK’s “broken future full of nothing about taxation, crime, and disease” in his latest Sunday Times column

Jeremy is opening up about potentially leaving the UK

TV star Jeremy Clarkson has opened up about whether he would consider leaving the UK, describing it as a “doomed” nation.

The former Top Gear presenter, 65, expressed his frustrations with the country’s “broken future full of nothing but taxation, crime, and disease” in his recent Sunday Times column. He pointed to the “flatlining” economy, “stagnant” housing market, and “ineffective” police force as reasons to consider emigration.

Clarkson, who also hosted The Grand Tour, has faced numerous challenges in 2025, branding it the “worst year ever” for his Cotswolds farm due to relentless heatwaves and drought. Recently, he disclosed that his farm has been under lockdown for at least two months because of a bovine tuberculosis outbreak among his cattle.

The columnist owns Diddly Squat Farm in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

In the midst of these issues, Clarkson pondered whether he should seek sanctuary in places like Dubai, Europe, or Australia.

“It’s easy to convince yourself that Britain is now an unsalvageable basket case, a country that’s slipped into a pair of Fairy Liquid butter trousers and is currently hurtling down the slide of doom into a broken future full of nothing but taxation, crime and disease,” he penned in his column.

Clarkson suggested Australia, New Zealand and America as “obvious choices” for relocation – but complained that the “forms and requirements” to do so are “tiresome”.

He ruled out other countries such as Italy, France, Spain, Croatia, Portugal, and Switzerland, before settling on Dubai as a potential option.

“No income tax. Petrol 50p a litre. The police do what they’re” Clarkson penned, “What’s not to like? I used to enjoy Dubai back in the early Nineties when there were no people in it and only one hotel. But today, it feels like the bastard love child of Las Vegas and Mickey Mouse.”

Jeremy says it is best to “stay put” than leave the UK right now

The TV presenter argued that despite the UK’s current “awful” climate, it’s better to stay put than to relocate. “If you move abroad, in three-and-a-half years you will be living in another country, and God knows what it will be like there then.

“Whereas if you stay here, in three-and-a-half years you’ll be surrounded by your friends and family. And the horror of [Keir] Starmer will have gone,” he reasoned.

This summer, Clarkson has faced a series of challenges at his 1,000-acre Diddly Squat Farm in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. In July, the motoring journalist revealed that the farm had been hit with the infectious disease, bovine tb, from a pregnant cow.

“It’s awful, it is awful. You have a test every six months on the cows and then you sort of become blasé, it’s a hypothetical threat,” he told Times Radio. “And then the vet looks up as he did yesterday lunchtime and said, ‘I’m really sorry this one’s failed’.”

So that means we’re now locked down and it’s just dreadful, absolutely dreadful. ” Despite the setback, Clarkson confirmed his adjoining farm shop remains “unaffected” by the closure and continues to operate as usual.