Wednesday, November 20, 2024

British farmers stage protest

Thousands of farmers descended on the British Parliament this week to protest restoration of a capital gains tax on farm inheritances.

It is the first demonstration of its kind in England where farmers have not copied frequent farm protests in France, Germany and other member countries of the European Union.


In the 1990s the inheritance tax was removed and now the government has brought in a 20 per cent tax on inheritances exceeding $1.83 million Cdn.


They demonstrated with banners, shouted through bullhorns and brought toy tractors. Their peers in Europe created tractor blockades, burned straw bales and spread manure to punctuate their protests.