Farmers protest: Starmer vows to defend budget 'all day long' as farmers slam 'disrespectful' PM

[@Julie-netball]

This is the vile man that has protected his own pension from tax. Protect the farmers at all costs.

[@mrmeldrew693]

He also pays less in council tax than many in normal homes, despite the value of number 10!

[@Geeronimo99]

Theyre between a rock and a hard place. Starmer doesnt get farming. Its the subsidy system thats corrupt. And being misused by a well advised minority. Inheritance means what wasnt squandered goes to your descendents...as it should.

[@mariaridler1831]

I support the farmers for as long as it takes!

[@AnthulaCropper]

Me too.

[@Adam-zd2bk]

what about everyone else's inheritance tax?

[@varadharajannadarajah]

The statement "Small farmers are not needed, We can do without them" was outrageous & reckless. Feeling sorry for the farmers.

[@marshalerts4148]

Who said that ?

[@jpw6893]

​@@marshalerts4148was some labour guy.

[@DhimmiSausageStarmer]

A spite ridden Labour advisor!

[@robinwalmsley896]

Our government is not needed we can do without them

[@gail9299]

​@@marshalerts4148it was John McTernan, who served as Tony Blair's political secretary. He actually said - family farming is an industry we can do without. Turns out Kier has decided he can do without John McTernan 😂

[@David-d8l3w]

he stands firm against the farmers they say > But they forgot to say he did not have the guts to face them, but instead he ran away out the back of the building,

[@georgechecker4941]

Everyone knows he's a co 2:46 ward. He's trying to implement the WEF ajenda and doing it badly. He's fooling himself if he thinks he'll be spared as one of the davos elitist...they're taking starmer for a fool! They all know about Klaus schawb, the modern day Hitler. Why does nobody bring it up in Parliament?

[@paulineashcroft1485]

@@georgechecker4941 And a bully.

[@lewisdean22]

Back door here, apparently he likes a bit of that himself.

[@bobrail733]

As he always DOES ! Not WANTED ANYWHERE in OUR CHRISTIAN COUNTRY !

[@sammic7492]

Starmer is such a pathetic little man and a coward, he ignores the farmers at his peril, Starmer hates to be made to look bad imagine how bad it'll look with crap all over Parliament.

[@Cotswoldblonde]

So many ignorant comments here saying farmers have millions to spare. They have NO idea. Generational farming is key in keeping our food production going on this island. No farmers no food.

[@Nathanfx2006]

It's wild that people think we can survive without agriculture 😂 soylent green yum

[@mickwall8]

No tax, no country...... Nobody is saying farmers have millions to spare, what they are doing is pointing out that very few will be affected, that those who are will have ten years to pay, and that in any case the allowance is huge.

[@FueledNexus]

@@mickwall8 inheritance tax is criminal and attacks working people the most. simple as.

[@fatninja9736]

Does any of these ignorant fools know how much it costs to run farms .diesel and fertiliser is a crazy price alone .clowns living in concrete jungles eating mcdonald's

[@mrsandman3027]

Inheritance tax shouldn't exist

[@wendymudkins8208]

I stand with our farmers without them we get no food labour are a disgrace to this country

[@shaunkirby7788]

@@wendymudkins8208 so is your punctuation.

[@bobmarley2140]

@@shaunkirby7788 So*

[@PLAYSTATIONTROPHYCHANNEL]

​@shaunkirby7788 wow come on here just to insult someone. Wow your such a hard little rat 😂

[@calebvanderwolf1777]

Oh, ok, cos his grammar is bad, everything he has to say is void? I bet your corporate masters are pleased with their little useful idiot. ​@@shaunkirby7788

[@ahmed-ed4sd]

Treason.

[@cornovii3012]

Stands firm while running out the back door, not looking very good for him is it.

[@waterloowar]

He just cares about the illegal immigrants. All British just shut up

[@_Area-51]

Taxing money thats already been taxed, unacceptable

[@jimbob-robob]

Welcome to everyone else's reality who don't have millions of pounds of property.

[@shaunkirby7788]

No different from what I may inherit/pass down when I die...don't be so entitled and ignorant.

[@LogicVsFacts]

We need to tax more to fund our friends in Israel and Ukraine.

[@jamesfx2]

This is actually going to help our farming industry, kinda. When these tax loopholes were created in 1984, tax planners got their super rich clients to buy up farmland as a way to bypass inheritance tax. This caused the price of farmland to increase. When the loophole is closed/reduced, it will encourage more farmland to be used as productive farmland as the super rich sell up.

[@shaunkirby7788]

@LogicVsFacts that I'd not what it is for...our NHS and schools are so broken after years of tory cuts...but don't let facts get in the way of bigotry.

[@colinanderson7384]

Farmers should bring this government to it's knees. It's important that society doesn't turn on each other though.

[@mickwall8]

Just read that again, pet.....

[@flagstafup5857]

He will defend, yet he scurried away like a rat. Time to go the way of the Dutch.. 💪

[@rosihantu1]

A government that despises its own people

[@chrish9164]

@@mickwall8 Pet?

[@Orcbotbasher]

Well done Wales, Starmer is looking to close down British farming. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧

[@vladimirvladimirovichputin1352]

and replace it with fast food

[@terry3494]

Yes and build houses and destroy all our beautiful landscape. That will help with the food chain and environmental issues won't it starmer ???

[@gail9299]

Control the food, control the people.

[@Hunterfinn625]

​@@vladimirvladimirovichputin1352 Wind farms. On land once used for farming. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@justamumful]

@@gail9299exactly

[@dogbreath303]

Keir works for his friends in Davos. Not for the residents of the UK, surely everyone knows this now?

[@paulineashcroft1485]

WEFFIES call us "useless eaters".

[@lifeisforlivingfullstop9113]

Still people are oblivious to it all 🙄

[@pinkiebee2903]

ran out the back door like the coward he is so long as he is labour leader i will NOT vote labour

[@joany531]

Dross used to do that

[@douglasnisbet1189]

Yes to farmers. No to Starmer.

[@MR.TB67]

It’s robbery and the government should be held responsible 😡😡😡

[@freko106]

Don't forget that it was the Tories who robbed us, Starmer has made the wrong call for who should be paying the bill.

[@MR.TB67]

@@freko106now it’s the turn of the Labour Party to rob everyone 😡 they are all scam parties there to control everyone for the elite 🤮 it’s the politicians that have caused all there problems and they will continue to do so 😡🤮 the sheep need to take there country back before your not even allowed to leave your property unless it’s for work 😂

[@richardmosley4549]

Well done Wales. Now, don't let everyone down England. November 19th it is!

[@msingh2333]

Budget was a disaster for the UK. The world laughs at the incompetence

[@jdizzle1779]

Not surprised. Reeves was never an economist. These so called adults don't know what they are doing

[@Geeronimo99]

They cant do sums...if they could theyd tell rnli to take the boat people back to calais and ask the french pm for a refund.

[@new_age123]

Back the farmers! Labour are a disgrace! Keir Starmer is a nasty weasel of a man.

[@CelicaSound]

Im with the farmers. Labour GET OUT!!!

[@Geeronimo99]

Before xmas

[@jackydinning9559]

And all that payrise he gave to train drivers and they are still not happy. Farmers work to keep us fed.

[@paulhammal7231]

I’ve never been so worried about our government. And I’m old enough to have seen a few. That’s all…

[@johnstephenson4925]

Back british farming save our farmers save our food

[@Tagomago12]

Taxing a farmer's land is like taxing a mechanic's tools, the labour party are playing school boy politics and damb the consequences

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

This government, and the MPs unswervingly loyal to it, will never be hungry. Whatever food, or fuel, or heat, costs, they can claim it all back on expenses.

[@NN_1515]

He already failed if the farmers are going against him. Who gave him this idea? And these are genuine farmers, not goons roaming around pretending to be farmers. So, people who inherit businesses and other real estate properties, corporate and otherwise, will they also have to pay 20% taxes for those inheritances? To support “salaries of people” or whatever excuses he is giving?

[@Geeronimo99]

Well. Communism destroys all businesses. Capitalism is fairer than communism in a free market place. Nothing is free any more. Blair and starmer tying us up in knotts. Arresting a carehome worker for filming a riot. Jailing tr for revealing how corrupt a certain council became when run by the wrong group of people. Hanas terrorist supporters allowed free rein on the streets our veterans fought and died for. Are we beginning to get the full picture....its a big jigsaw and the pieces i want out..lammie ravey rayner...thieving reeves...starmers chosen few. Khan. Out out out. I want britain back. Lamb chops and mint sauce. He can stuff wef insect burgers and no sugar no fags no milkshakes ykw

[@simonmarsh9157]

What a joke he is,if only he was so firm about money that's sent abroad.

[@Cycle.every.day.]

Gates flies in for a secret meeting with Starmer , Starmer hits Farmers with this inheritance tax , coincidence?

[@amandabell8827]

We know where the land will go! Starmer should go!

[@ancietman]

Gates wants us all eating insects no doubt he will make a lot of $$$ out of it.

[@kevinhamilton1177]

gates will get his when Trump releases the epstein files, watch the elitists panic, also when RFK jnr gets started he will be after them, its going to be fun and games in 2025

[@Geeronimo99]

Bill gates...wtf...really. Do these 2 attend bohemian grove by any chance...as blair did with that nasty little bush fella. If so theyre all puppets.

[@deepsea1179]

Farmer give us the bread and butter our table and this government is trying to break down then is unfair

[@moneymanifestation9505]

Literally don't 😂majority of food is imported 😂

[@Beth-s2f]

​@@moneymanifestation9505 oh such ignorance.

[@moneymanifestation9505]

@Beth-s2f I literally order all my meat and veg online and it comes from America🤣

[@Geeronimo99]

I buy british meat frkm my local butcher. I check all packaging and buy m n s british veg. Its fresh. Food from africa isnt fresh. Vitamins dont survive for long. My m n s british veg lasts all week long. Salad goods best imported....freeing up land for proper farming like sheep and winter veg.

[@jaypeaaerialphotography5712]

Happy to defend the budget yet snook out the back door quick enough???

[@benbmx1]

So at a time when the world is more dangerous and we need food security, Labour wants to force farms to close. Beyond belief how bad this government is.

[@anthonymathews3872]

That is what Barrister's do, defend cases all day, lying and protecting their clients at the cost of everyone else. Watt Tyler cocked it up, and was conned by Charles the second.

[@PinarelloBolide]

Unfortunately this is I fear just the start I can foresee further protests and direct action similar to the Poll Tax and Starmer and the Labour movement will feel the brunt of it. The silent majority are so close to breaking point.

[@springwood1331]

They're so bad they're making the tories look good, and that's saying something!

[@rottenbeggar]

That's it Slug run like a coward in Wales!! LIEBOUR OUT!

[@Poppy8888-t7c]

Hopefully this government will be out soon. They are inept

[@Geeronimo99]

And vindictive.

[@MargaretBassett-uf1fi]

Without farms and farmers we will lose the countryside to housing estates for the ever increasing population.

[@J5X7]

What eth are British farmers, of course, English, and what eth will be housed on the land they'll be forced to sell, of course, not English. Same pattern again and again. Labour's stealing countryside votes! These shyster townies hate country, countryside, and couldn't give a toast about the green belt.

[@Geeronimo99]

Welsh fields are having hundreds of emergency housing complexes for illegals put on them. Same as mini towns in arizona for mexicans. Thank god for trump. Now pray like heck for a british trump...jenrick or farage...king charles needs to order an emergency re.election before we have total collaps of our country. Its that serious. Starmer backs reeves to the wrong degree.

[@derekwarren6171]

No farmers no veg in shops, simple as, protect farmers.

[@woodnugget1301]

Go Farmers Go. Full support here 🙏🙏🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇮🇨🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💯🙏

[@Markus_Aurelius1]

Why the Flag of The Ivory Coast.

[@katerua4675]

The poor farmers. It’s an absolute disgrace

[@RobinHarding-ep1ud]

Crapped his pants and dare not move more like !

[@spotsterjon74cu]

Starmer and Liebour cannot win this!

[@seanfein3783]

Get this ego maniac out of power immediately 😡

[@Nathanfx2006]

The ego on this guy is unbelievable, should be criminal.

[@Adam-zd2bk]

nah man

[@davidbrown5411]

We need Farmers, we don't need Starmer.

[@vladimirvladimirovichputin1352]

he wont listen, end of the day hes got his paycheck

[@davidbrown5411]

@vladimirvladimirovichputin1352 He'll get what's coming to him for me day. Times are changing.

[@katekate4248]

This poor man is broken. Get this government out!! OUT NOW FOR GODS SAKE

[@RobertWhittall]

Don't need politicians. We do need farmers!

[@Jimmy-es8bc]

For the people?

[@peterfindlay2756]

We live in what is termed a ‘Parliamentary Democracy’. That to me means something important. If the nation raises its angst against Government policy that Government should, and must, respect that view and act accordingly. Because if it does not do we truly live in a democracy?

[@Louc72]

100% behind the farmers. Starmer has no right to defend his budget above the benefit of farmers which by extension is the benefit of the people.

[@markallpress960]

The truck drivers should join them then country would go broke

[@jimsmithcivils8459]

Traitor

[@springwood1331]

@jim, the govt? Yes, they are

[@KG98760]

And guess who is behind this too.. sceptic Blair.. Blair said that there's no need to have all this farm land in Britain..the Dutch government went down the same road..

[@mickmorgan5104]

HOW on Gods planet did he get one person in that room, EVERY WORD OUT OF IS MOUTH WAS A LIE, BECAUSE IS LIPS WERE MOVEING. HE IS NOTHING BUT A ,LIAR ,LIAR ,,LIAR, LIAR ,FARMERS MATTER, HE DOSE NOT.

[@jpw6893]

He stands firm. So he is not open to listening.

[@vladimirvladimirovichputin1352]

he listens to people above him, he woudlnt listen to "peasent" farmers

[@paulineashcroft1485]

Stoma might stand "firm", the people stand "farm".

[@taurus8263]

100% support for farmers ❤

[@markspence5288]

Labour are a 1 term government

[@colinanderson7384]

Hopefully no more than a quarter term.

[@ChrisFord-z5g]

Possibly not when he gives 16 year olds the vote along with illegal immigrants.

[@jimbob-robob]

​@@ChrisFord-z5g absolute nonsense about illegal immigrants voting.

[@markspence5288]

@ I’m not sure about 16yr olds but if he gives the illegals the vote I think there will be riots. I don’t understand why he has done this to the farmers. I know little about farming or the taxes that are placed on them but it should the minimum tax possible. No farms no food.

[@springwood1331]

@jim it'll backfire on them

[@kirklees3101]

Farmers are the Life Blood of the Nation!

[@airman20012001]

Wealth redistribution at its finest. These people and their families have been supporting civilizations for generations, and the response from the government? Make it more difficult! These modern governments are completely lost.

[@mandylunn1949]

Starmer can’t stand firm he’s no back bone

[@infamouscheesecake2232]

Getting closer to the government dictating what we can and cannot eat and when we can eat.

[@Max-cz8mf]

How’s this guy lasted longer than Truss? He’s clearly hated more and doing worse than her.

[@sammygirlie345]

Poor farmers everyone ive ever met are rich half a million pound tractors years of subsides brand new landrover range rovers

[@Max-cz8mf]

@ yeah from working long hours in important and vital hard skilled work that feeds the country.

[@TheElDoctoro24]

I hope they bring this country to its knees. Stand with the farmers we need them more than government

[@robertjones7182]

Needs the money to keep the migrants already bled everyone else the big money moved out of country but farmers stuck

[@matthewclifton2510]

Starmer defends nothing that is good. He defends himself and his own.

[@Adam-zd2bk]

compared to the tories, Starmer is a god

[@chrisbray1640]

I thought he ran out the back door lol

[@GrahamMidwinter-hg5br]

Is anyone crazier than Starmer?

[@kellyanndrysdale2171]

Everyone is behing the farmers...our governments a joke!!!

[@Adam-zd2bk]

compared to the tories, Starmer is a god

[@fasthracing]

Starmer gets more and more like Stalin everyday. Eventually he will try to set up collective farming (See Ukraine under Stalin for further information)

[@fasthracing]

2 years he's gone.

[@colinanderson7384]

As long as that? Hopefully his whole government will be gone sooner. We need another election now - Labour would already lose.

[@fasthracing]

@@colinanderson7384 Labour do not readily get rid of their leaders unlike the Conservatives. so 2 years would be my guess.

[@bumblefoot5]

Keir is just doing his version of ending farming. Hes a WEF human sock puppet. Same EU wide.

[@ks-eq3yx]

Starmer stood so Firm he ran out of the back door!

[@John-xd7jg]

If it's on sky news it must be true 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@davidwilkinson8608]

Fiscal realities, taxing the dead and now taxing the heritage of the uk. STARMER IS AN ABSOLUTE WART

[@MariaHopwood]

They should stop supplying food let’s see how people will survive That man only had 20 per cent of the vote and he thinks he’s got a mandate

[@phillipimran7377]

Agriculture is very important and farmers should be protected, they should be exempt from inheritance tax in my view, they are already dealing with increased costs for feed and fuel, and the fact that big business's always take advantage of them by using their bargaining power to buy goods from them at a lower cost while keeping most of the profit to themselves. Farmers are asset rich, but that doesn't mean they are rich themselves, a lot of them are struggling.

[@stephenjon3502]

What caused the increased costs? Couldn’t have been the “patriots” complaining now who put a X in the wrong box in 2016 could it?..

[@AbigailBrown-wk7xl]

Farmers are hardworking. No Farmers. No food . Big respect to the farmers ❤❤❤

[@Adam-zd2bk]

All they need to do is sell some land for the rest of us none land owning plebs to maybe live on pllllleeeeasee.

[@darencartwright5912]

We could happily live without politicians and The house of Lords, packed with those who have climbed the greasy pole of politics, but we cannot live without agriculture !.

[@terry3494]

I wonder where starmer got his milk from this morning??? These politicians are completely delusional!!!

[@pearl2910]

Will Defend Farmers all Day Long 🇬🇧

[@AL-ud2is]

If it's only going to affect a small number of farmers, as he says, then why bother doing it? it will raise next to nothing in revenue

[@Manoharan]

Never piss off farmers of a country! They are the blood line! Starmer should’ve faced them and answered their questions. Atleast should’ve invited a group of representatives and spoke with them!

[@bc5295]

Good for Starmer. Special pleading by an interest group whose unfairly generous treatment is being rightly brought to an end. They can be taxed on the same basis as the rest of us. Farmers in other countries manage to prosper without this undeserved tax break.

[@hollybritton6119]

Stand up UK its all or nothing now

[@Adam-zd2bk]

compared to the tories, Starmer is a god

[@Obsidian456]

Stands firm by running away and never addressing anyone. A true leader in cowardice

[@hy77faqq]

No farmers means MORE expensive £ low quality imported food? Also higher carbon emissions for transportation? 🙃

[@brianferguson7840]

Small scale farming is a ridiculous concept. Every industry acknowledges the benefits of production at scale. If small farmers go under their farms, they will be bought up by larger, more modern and more efficient companies. British farming needs to stand on its own two feet.

[@stantheman8042]

All the country MUST BACK OUR FARMERS NOW.

[@Adam-zd2bk]

All they need to do is sell some land, stop hoarding land and growing cattle feed for fatties at mcdonalds to get a £1 burger

[@yanchouser7364]

Keep a FARMER, not Starmer.

[@ireallyshouldntbehereltd7814]

Just to highlight, public sector workers won’t be hit by the same inheritance tax laws at the same thresholds as the private sector, including farmers. Welcome to Starmer and Reeves Britain. They’ve broken us in record breaking time. Clear bias and a new two tier approach.

[@sgb6476]

Well done Labour voters, how about voting reform next time? They might be a little kinder

[@peterrichard9769]

I truely understand everyone in U.K except top government officials is suffering, Farmers are cornerstone of any country.

[@aleshkocheril6935]

As a farmer's son, if someone asks me, "What is a day in a farmer's life like?" My answer would be: "Waking up early in the morning, working hard all day regardless of the weather, with no weekends off, and going to bed late. Farmers work tirelessly throughout the year without a proper vacation, as it’s difficult to find someone to look after the cattle and sheep." 😢

[@andrewmurray4308]

2Tier kierFarmer Harmer stated I will defend my Decisions all day long , then ran out the back door to avoid awkward Questions from farmers. This is not the Action of a Honest PM.

[@Bburn47]

Yeah he will defend the budget all day long and face up to it,as he went running out of the back door to hide from farmers,what a cowardly little man he is

[@Hunterfinn625]

Just like he stood firm and defended a certain demographic earlier this year. 🇺🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇲

[@markandeileen5950]

Starmer is evil.

[@Exasperatedgolf]

We need farmers, but we should all pay inheritance tax !

[@grahamsmall1250]

This government needs to stand down. Nobody wants them in power

[@AbigailBrown-wk7xl]

No Farmers. No food. No future

[@broggiemonstermonster3385]

Ah yes, defending by running away, must be some strange new interpretation of the word “defending” of which I was not previously aware.

[@upulaherath7204]

Keir Starmers' days are numbered,never ever play with farmers!

[@daviecrocket9160]

Stop all sales of meat in the supermarkets

[@IeuanBevan.]

Why am I only hearing about this protest? Been looking all over the web for a Welsh protest and never found that this one was going on.

[@angrynative6013]

The aim of the inheritance tax is to remove the indigenous British from their land, like they have already done in major cities.