Jeremy Clarkson has taken a withering swipe at Good Morning Britain‘s resident meteorologist Laura Tobin after she shared ‘good news’ about the recent weather.
The Clarkson’s Farm star, who often shares the impact the weather has on his Oxfordshire farm, hit back at Laura, 44, as she took to social media with the unexpected ‘benefits’ of ‘record wind’ across the UK.
Britain was battered by a series of storms through January, which caused havoc for the public with widespread high winds, rain and flooding.
But despite the tumultuous conditions, which saw the Met Office dish out rare red warnings, Laura took to X to celebrate ‘good news’.
Reposting an ITV weather report, which detailed how there had been ‘record wind power‘ in January, she penned: ‘Some good news from the recent windy weather.’
The report read: ‘Record Wind Power. January wind power, more than any month on record, cut gas costs £164million.’
Jeremy Clarkson has taken a withering swipe at Good Morning Britain’s resident meteorologist Laura Tobin after she shared ‘good news’ about the recent weather
Despite the tumultuous conditions, which saw the Met Office dish out rare red warnings, Laura took to X to celebrate ‘good news’
Based on analysis by think-tank Ember, the report detailed how the UK’s wind turbines generated a huge 10.6 terawatt-hours of electricity in January 2026.
The milestone number exceeded the previous peak of 10.4, recorded in December 2023, due to three storms, Goretti, Ingrid and Chandra.
The storms saw Britain’s fleet of turbines working at unusually high levels, reportedly delivering financial benefits to the energy system and British consumers.
Ember calculated that without the storms, a further £164million worth of additional gas would’ve had to have been purchased to meet demand.
But Jeremy didn’t see the positive side, and hit back, replying to Laura’s post: ‘So to solve global warming, it’s best if we all freeze. Excellent.’
Fans flooded the comments to agree with the former Top Gear star, with one adding: ‘Cut bills by (checks bill) nothing…’
‘Who’s it cut the cost of gas for? Because it isn’t the end user, that’s for certain,’ a second agreed, while a third penned: ‘Our bills are not going down, so where’s the good news in that?’
‘Awesome. So our bills are going down, right? Definitely won’t just lead to a larger profit margin for the energy cartel,’ another concluded.
Weather reporter Laura celebrated the ‘the recent windy weather’ helping the UK’s turbines
Jeremy replied to Laura’s ‘good news’ on X with a withering swipe
In January, members of the public were caught up in the crosshairs of the storms – with Storm Goretti unleashing gusts of up to 123mph, recorded in Cornwall.
The storm also prompted heavy snowfall that saw the Met Office issue the ‘danger to life’ and rare red warning across the country.
While Storm Chandra caused a major incident declaration in Somerset, with flooding cutting off roads as rivers burst their banks.
It comes after Jeremy issued a brutal response to a fan who hit out that Brexit was to blame for struggling British farms – as his following begged for him to be made agricultural minister.
The former Top Gear star hit out that the follower should question their ‘grasp on reality’ during a heated exchange on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Jeremy, 65, responded to the comments left by his fans under a video he filmed for farming campaign group No Farmers, No Food, which advocated for fair pay, sustainable practice and government policies to keep the industry stable.
Speaking in a video filmed on his phone, the TV presenter said: ‘I’m Jeremy Clarkson, and in the next Parliament I’d like to see the Government prioritising farming.
‘We’ve been asked to diversify and when we try to do that, the local authorities tell us we can’t and that needs addressing.’
Jeremy issued a brutal response to a fan who hit out that Brexitwas to blame for struggling British farms – as his following begged for him to be made agricultural minister
One X user replied under the video: ‘Please join Reform. You could be their advisor/intermediate between Farmers on Farming and what they need.’
A second disagreed: ‘The former Brexit party is the reason why most farms are struggling. They lost subsidies from the EU and its now cheaper for most shops to buy from the EU then domestically.’
To which Jeremy hit back: ‘Oh dear. You don’t seem to have grasp of reality.’
The heated exchange fired the debate between X users about farming in Britain, with some even calling for Jeremy to be agricultural minister.
One wrote: ‘Farmers are the most important people. Without them we starve,’ as another chimed in: ‘Always buy as local to you as you can.’
‘Stand for council,’ someone else encouraged, as another fan wrote: ‘Jeremy Clarkson for agricultural minister.’
‘Double edged sword. They tell you to diversify, but tie your hands so you can’t,’ a fourth person penned, while a fifth wrote: ‘What I don’t understand is….why is it okay for one set of people, to tell another set of people, what they can and cannot grow or build on own land?’
The No Farmers, No Food account is a farming advocacy campaign that was founded by media commentator James Melville, who grew up on a family farm in Scotland.
The account is run by 20 farmers across the UK, and features videos and quotes from famous faces talking about farming, including Jeremy, David Beckham and Saturday Kitchen’s James Martin.
