Jeremy Clarkson’s fury as farmers blocked from ‘tractor tax’ protest while Just Stop Oil & pro-Palestinian demos allowed

JEREMY Clarkson told of his fury contiguous aft farmers were seemingly blocked from protesting successful the superior against Labour’s hated “tractor tax”.

He was among hundreds readying to be a rally connected November 19 against Budget inheritance tax hikes that volition deed cultivation properties.

But the National Farmers’ Union — which volition inactive lobby MPs connected that day — said a wide protestation had been axed owed to “legal issues”.

London’s Met Police responded by insisting it had not banned immoderate march.

Clarkson’s Farm prima and Sun columnist Jeremy said helium booked a manager to question to London to protestation alongside cultivation workers from the Cotswolds.

He has present shelved the plans — but told of his choler that pro-Palestine and Just Stop Oil demos look to get amended treatment.

Jeremy, 64, said: “Perhaps if I had draped my tractor successful a Palestinian emblem it would beryllium different.

“It seems that if you are from Just Stop Oil oregon protesting astir Gaza, you tin bash what you want. But farmers are treated otherwise by a authorities that is waging an all-out warfare connected the countryside.

"We wanted to protestation successful a ­dignified and sensible mode — which was wherefore I had booked the manager alternatively than causing disruption with tractors and farming vehicles.”

Jeremy, who owns Diddly Squat Farm successful Chadlington, Oxfordshire, added: “I americium successful a fortunate presumption but I consciousness desperately atrocious for different farmers who are precise aggravated and anxious astir the future.

“The NFU person said officially they don’t privation to disrupt people’s lives, but I person it connected precise bully authorization they person been told to bash this.” The national is restricting its lobbying lawsuit to 1,800 registered members and urging against thoroughfare protests.

A connection to farmers connected Wednesday said: “There are ineligible issues which mean we can’t simply crook up successful numbers successful Westminster successful the streets oregon the open spaces.

“We cannot hazard either subordinate oregon nationalist safety, oregon the nonaccomplishment of nationalist enactment that could travel from an amerciable demonstration.”

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is slapping a 20 per cent inheritance levy connected previously-exempt household farms worthy much than £1million from April 2026.

The Treasury has claimed the determination would impact lone 27 per cent of farms, yet the NFU says the fig was person to 66 per cent.

The Met Police said: “At nary constituent person we banned anyone from marching connected this date. We volition enactment with anyone wishing to ­organise a peaceful protest.”