Jeremy Clarkson to lead 20,000 farmers as they descend on Westminster to protest inheritance tax changes

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/jeremy-clarkson-farming-protest-inheritance-tax/

by tylerthe-theatre

34 comments

  1. Of course Clarkson had to find a way to make it all about him. Tosser.

  2. Pretty sure the only reason he got a farm was to dodge tax

  3. Can anyone dig out the Clarkson columns where he brags about buying a farm to avoid tax ? 

  4. Man who buys farm as tax dodge is upset it didn’t work.

  5. No sympathy. Majority of farmers voted for Brexit and we all have to suffer with the consequences. Besides they’ll still be richer than the average UK worker.

  6. I am always a fan of Multi-Millionaires who publicly admitted they bought land in order to cheat inheritance tax, suddenly thinking they have some moral high ground when the rules get changed to try and get some tax from those who can most afford it to get us out of the crap.

  7. I wonder if the 20000 realise that people like him buying farms to avoid inheritance tax are the reason this change was required, and the reason farmland is so expensive 

  8. “Well, well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of my actions.” – Farmers.

  9. Jeremy Clarkson is literally one of the people who prompted this change, he quite literally openly admitted he was abusing a loophole to avoid inheritance tax.

    If charlatans like him hadn’t been doing this, the “loophole” would likely never have been closed, as it has legitimate uses as a way of avoid farm breakups.

    It’s literally a case that farmers should be stringing him up about this, not the government, for abusing this situation in the first place!

  10. They will also likely be driving some mad sized 4×4 get ready for Ulez lads 😂

  11. He is an odd individual, he has a side that is very humane, empathetic and relatable and another side with a persona that I would call “Boris Johnson”, that is his mister Hyde.

  12. I’m no accountant but if you make the farm a limited company won’t that allow you to avoid inheritance tax anyway?

  13. I don’t know if the farmers’ leaders on this protest realise they’re risking public sympathy by putting this self-confessed tax dodging “farmer” to the fore of their cause

  14. This title needs editing:
    “Multi Millionaire Jeremy Clarkson to lead 20,000 farmers as they descend on Westminster to protest inheritance tax changes”

  15. It would be quite funny if they were to have their tractors confiscated for using red diesel considering that’s only allowed for agricultural work.

  16. Ah yes the very epitome of the reason the change has been brought in protesting alongside those caught in the crossfire.

  17. Good job he’s not doing anything dangerous like protesting climate change.

  18. Hope the other 19,999 realise that Clarkson is the reason they’re there.

  19. If I was a farmer I’d be protesting Clarkson and the like for being one of the main causes of this situation

    Clarkson isn’t their ally

  20. I heard a radio show host describing this as a piece of brilliance by the most wealthy to get those unaffected by the change to protest on their behalf.

  21. Destroying UK farming makes us reliant on other countries. This is an obvious move to force us to be closer to the EU again.
    It’s also an opportunity to make farmers sell their land to the government or Blackrock so that the land can be used to house the millions of migrants we’ve recently let in.

  22. I sympathise for some farmers, but not farmers like Clarkson or Dyson.

  23. Multi millionaire mad because his tax loophole has been closed. Womp womp

  24. Didn’t realise this lot were actually in favour of “militant” protests that block roads etc

  26. Going to be an unpopular comment but please read it to understand why Clarkson is doing this.

    With the new inheritance tax business over £1m, if a farm is worth £11m and the owner dies. The farm is inherited by the owners son/daughter. That person now owes a HMRC £2m in tax (20%, payable over 10 years)

    The son/or daughter now has 3 options
    • Somehow cough up £2m they don’t have and wont earn as farms hardly net any £
    • Take out a loan to pay the tax
    • Sell to a corporation

    The worry for anyone who buys British food from British farms is overseas companies and corporations will own all our farms which is self explanatory as to why that’s bad.

    ***Maybe I’ve missed something someone might want to bring up, maybe my summery is completely wrong, if someone wants to explain why the inhabitants tax isn’t going to leave a £2m bill in this case then please do. But please don’t just down vote without doing so first. This is a real worry our farmers and business owners have.***

  27. To my mind having Clarkson leading this undermines the point completely. The argument is supposedly that this law change is going to destroy small farms which are handed down in families. Having a multi millionaire who bought a giant farm, originally at least, as a way of avoiding tax fronting it isn’t going to persuade anyone.

    There’s no way the government backs down on this in any case.

  28. My family are farmers and will be affected by the IHT changes. As much as I love Clarksons farm and think he has had a really positive effect on the perception of British farming, he is not the right man to lead this protest.

    Clarkson, Dyson etc are the people that should be targeted by this tax change, using farming as a means of avoidance, not their primary source of income.

  29. Doesn’t this target land owners not specifically farmers?

  30. will they be celebrating on how all the Brexit promises from the Leave/Tories have all come true. Somehow selective protesting looks pretty shit even for this lot.

  31. Reading the comments, I think people are missing the point in the interests of bashing Jeremy Clarkson or millionaires.

    This tax will genuinely impact farmers and their families. We need farmers, we need their families to continue what they’re doing.

    Jeremy Clarkson may very well be doing this for his own gain, but he has brought positive attention to farming and he should be praised for it.

    The government are taking a broad brush approach, they need to protect genuine farmers and go after the tax dodgers.

  32. You mean to protest the removal of his tax dodge?

    Why dont they write the truth?

  33. I for one do not give a fuck about asset rich farmers having to pay inheritance tax like the rest of us.

    Jeremy Clarkson cosplaying in a gilet and Barbour wellies for TV show money can fuck off too.

  34. My train is currently packed with farmers on the way to London. Never seen so many new Defenders in the car park. They’re really cash poor you know……

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