Ex-Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson has hinted at launching a bid to topple Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband at the next General Election.
Mr Clarkson, 65, penned a rather cryptic message about Mr Miliband's re-election in Doncaster North on social media earlier today.
"People of Doncaster North," Mr Clarkson wrote. "Are you happy with your MP? Would you like it if someone from your neck of the woods kicked him out?"
Mr Clarkson was born in Doncaster in 1960 before eventually moving to London to pursue a career in journalism.
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He now lives with his girlfriend Lisa Hogan on his 1,000-acre Diddly Squat farm in Oxfordshire.
Meanwhile, Mr Miliband was born in London in 1969 before reading Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University.
After working as a special adviser to then-Chancellor Gordon Brown, Mr Miliband was parachuted into the once-safe seat of Doncaster North, some 160 miles away from his childhood home.
The most recent YouGov MRP poll suggested Mr Miliband would lose his seat by six points to a challenger from Reform UK.
However, Mr Clarkson looks unlikely to contest the seat in a teal rosette.
Jeremy Clarkson hinted at running in Doncaster North in 2025 and 2013
| PASwiping at Reform UK leader Nigel Farage earlier this week, Mr Clarkson wrote: "Nigel Farage rarely talks about the economy and when he does, his numbers don’t add up.
"He says he wants to cut taxes and increase spending by £150billion. Huh?
"But before anyone has the chance to question his logic, he scuttles back to his safe space and starts raging about small boats."
Ex-Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe raced out of the blocks to personally endorse Mr Clarkson.
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Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is currently projected to lose his seat to Reform UK
| PA"I hope Clarkson stands," the Great Yarmouth MP wrote.
However, Mr Clarkson would need to overcome Mr Miliband's 9,126-vote majority and siphon off enough votes from Reform UK.
The 65-year-old, who is a close friend of former Prime Minister Lord Cameron, could conceivably run as a Conservative.
Mr Clarkson was among the 2,000 guests invited to attend Margaret Thatcher's funeral in 2013.
Jeremy Clarkson with David Cameron during the 2016 Brexit referendum
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He also took up a cameo role supporting Lord Cameron's campaign to keep Britain in the European Union in 2016.
However, Mr Clarkson previously hinted at challenging Mr Miliband in Doncaster North as an independent candidate in 2013.
He said: "I'm thinking I might stand in the next election as an independent for Doncaster North, which is where I'm from. Thoughts?"
Mr Clarkson's 2013 message was retweeted more than 1,000 times, including by former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
Ed Miliband could face a challenge from Jeremy Clarkson if he enters the race
| PAHowever, Mr Clarkson did not contest Doncaster North in 2015, with the then-Labour leader retaining his Yorkshire seat with a majority of 11,780 votes.
Despite previously admitting to usually voting for the Tories, Mr Clarkson briefly expressed support for Sir Keir Starmer in 2020.
However, the ex-Top Gear star became increasingly critical of the now-Prime Minister in 2023 over Labour's economic and education policies.
Ahead of the 2024 General Election, Mr Clarkson said: "I get, of course, that people are fed up with the Tories, but I’d rather vote for my dog than Sir Starmer’s merry bunch of ideological nincompoops."
Mr Clarkson, who met with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch last year over the so-called "Tractor Tax", also once claimed: "Only an idiot would vote for Corbyn."