Farmers furious at Reeves’ inheritance tax grab have turned their ire on the state broadcaster for failing to provide them enough coverage. And they’ve brought their tractors…
Around 40 tractors turned up at lunchtime outside the BBC’s Southampton office as protesting farmers gathered outside the locked doors of the office entrance with a megaphone. Eventually BBC South’s new environment correspondent Jon Cuthill showed up to try to calm the situation. He said “use me to get your stories out there”…
Farmers at the protest say: “We feel there hasn’t been enough coverage on the BBC, so we thought we would bring the news to them… All of us have come from all over the county. [The BBC] don’t cover issues facing farmers.” Guido can think of a few examples of the BBC’s suspect reporting on that tax change:
Farmers also protested the tax yesterday afternoon. Not letting up…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”