Tractors are rolling out across Whitehall today in protest against the family farm death tax. Save British Farming is heading up the march, called “Change Your Tune, Starmer”, with over 500 tractors expected to take over the streets. Farmers are tooting their horns and blasting music, including Beastie Boys’ classic Fight For Your Right To Party. There are even farmers driving a military tank. If anything will convince the Treasury to change track…
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SBF founder Liz Webster slammed Reeves for sending the UK “marching into a food crisis”. Farage has already shown his support for the farmers, announcing a new Reform policy that would scrap inheritance tax altogether, while NFU leader Tom Bradshaw is expected to speak around 3 p.m. Kemi’s also expected to turn up…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”