Blur star Alex James has revealed that he thinks his kids could try to kill him.
The 56-year-old bass guitar player has made the prediction while speaking out about the UK government’s plan to change inheritance tax laws relating to farms.
As well as being a chart-topping musician, James is also a well-known farm owner – and hosts an annual Big Feastival on his Costwolds estate every summer.
Speaking to Channel 4 about his views on new government plans to implement an inheritance tax on farmer’s assets, the father-of-five joked, “When does the inheritance tax kick in? … I’m slightly concerned my children are going to try and kill me before that kicks in.”
He went on to quip, “Daddy’s slipped on some cheese, it’s been a terrible accident.”
But on a more serious note, the Girls & Boys musician reflected on the fact he bought his farm amid the crippling foot and mouth crisis of 2001.
He recalled, “Every time you saw a farmer on telly he – and it was always a man – was in tears. It had been a really really tough time.
“And when you think of a farmer now, it’s Jeremy Clarkson laughing his head off.”
He also noted a trend among his peers to go into farming after living life in the spotlight, observing, “I remember thinking we were taking a huge, reckless, romantic leap into the unknown buying a farm.
“I’ve since come to realise it’s just literally the next cliche in the book of rock cliches. You either die or you end up living on a farm.”
