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White Hall here in the heart of
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Westminster is looking a little bit
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different today in case you haven't
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noticed we're outside Parliament where
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hundreds of tractors have been brought
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by Farmers to protest against the
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government's planned changes to
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inheritance tax on their farmlands this
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is the third time in four months we've
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seen such protests transforming this
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area of Central London accompanied by
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noise signs and speeches from
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campaigners why have you come along
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today you don't realize how important
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farmers are for the country for the
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rural communities there's loads of
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issues increased costs You Name It We
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are at breaking point and really this
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inheritance tax is the final nail in the
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coffin for us I don't think the labor
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party has got any idea of life in the
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real world the business farming
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Hospitality none of the front team have
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had any experience in business they're
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clueless what's the biggest issue in
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your view with the inheritance tax uh I
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think the biggest issue is that we
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haven't a time to sort out other
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contingencies like my grandpa's 94 he's
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got everything and then we just suddenly
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had this tax thrown on us and it would
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just completely a business like
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so I think maybe a bit more time if
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that's what they want to do that's what
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they want to do but they've just gone
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out of it in such an aggressive way then
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it's just not going to no one's going to
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support them with it Farmers they don't
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sell the Farms when suddenly dies it
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just Carries On from one generation to
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the next and that's why this tax is so
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devastating it also comes as MPS debate
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an e petition with over 148,000
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signatures calling on the government to
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drop its policy this is is an incredibly
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poorly thought through policy the maths
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underpinning it was wrong their failure
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to understand the difference between
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agricultural property relief and
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business property relief means that
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Farms that have Diversified get hit
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twice and it's particularly the Family
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Farms that will suffer and if you're
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happy with the countryside being bought
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up by giant investment farmers who are
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going to cover it in in solar panels and
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not produce food fine but I'm not happy
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with that and I don't think the British
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public should be either Farmers say they
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fear for food security and the future of
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the farming community and are urging
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ministers to change course any message
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to the government at the moment yes
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you've really got to sit down and listen
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to us stop ignoring us uh we've just
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about had enough we're not going away
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we're going to carry on fighting and the
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government should recognize they are not
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going to stop and so the government
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should reverse this stupid policy asked
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about the E petition the treasury
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insisted the government's support for
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Farmers remains steadfast but they also
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insist there is an urgent need to repair
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the public finances and highlight what
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they say are significant levels of tax
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relief available for Farmers what do you
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think about the farmers protest in
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Westminster let us know in the comments
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