A row broke out on BBC's Newsnight over Jeremy Clarkson's appearance at the farmers protest.Former Labour minister Jim Murphy called Clarkson 'rude' but ex-Conservative party chairman Jake Berry hit back to defend him.
Clarkson hadA row broke out on BBC's News night over Jeremy Clarkson 's appearance at the farmers' 'tractor tax' protest in London after his angry interview with presenter Victoria Derbyshire .
Clarkson was among those taking part in the protest and challenged the Government to 'back down' over what he called its 'cocked up' inheritance tax raid. The Metropolitan Police estimated 13,000 people attended the protest in central London, which called on the Government to scrap those changes announced in the Chancellor's Budget last month.
Mr Murphy, a former leader of the Scottish Labour Party, replied: 'I know I'm in a minority, but I think it's the first time I've ever seen him on television – I don't watch cooking or motor car programmes. I hear a rumour he does at least one of those. Jeremy Clarkson joined thousands of farmers outside Downing Street protesting against changes to agricultural inheritance tax rules on farms valued above £1million Read More Moment Jeremy Clarkson scolds Victoria Derbyshire for 'biased' questions at farmers' London protest 'I think it's a disservice to the hardworking hundreds and thousands of farmers in the country.'
'If you look for example at cereal farmers, they've had a 73 per cent drop in their income because of the adverse weather we've had, so it is a sector under massive pressure. Clarkson's argument with Derbyshire began when she questioned whether he was there for himself rather than British farmers, asking him: 'So it's not about you, your farm and to avoid inheritance attack?'.Derbyshire shot back, 'Is it?', referring to an article in the Sunday Times where he wrote about the tax benefits of buying a farm.
Former Top Gear host and Clarkson's Farm star Jeremy Clarkson spoke to the crowd during the farmers' demonstration in Whitehall, central London, on Tuesday Appearing before MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committee on Tuesday, Mr Reed was pressed on the backlash.
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