Brexit divisions among farmers are endangering fight against Reeves’ tractor tax
Anybody in Westminster on Monday watching the battalions of tractors being driven down Whitehall and around parliament square on end would be in no doubt about the strength of feeling in rural communities on the changes to inheritance tax.
While the blaring horns gave politicians (and journalists) in the Palace of Westminster a headache for most of the day, the image on display was one of farmers and their supporters united in common cause – just as they had been in the previous two mass protests in Westminster.
But the truth behind the protests is that the campaign groups involved is becoming increasingly factionalised and do not even have a common aim in resolving the issue.
Brexit divisions among farmers are endangering fight against Reeves’ tractor tax