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Jeremy Clarkson says public should be appalled by way Gov has treated farmers on IHT

The Clarkson's Farm star said Inheritance Tax changes will wipe out British farming and all the industries that go with it

Chris Brayford
clock • 5 min read
Jeremy Clarkson said: "So the farmer's kid has no choice. He has to sell the whole lot. Which means all the generational knowledge about that piece of ground is lost. No one will ever be able to farm it as well ever again. So, you see, the question of inheritance is not the same for farmers as it is for you."
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Jeremy Clarkson said: "So the farmer's kid has no choice. He has to sell the whole lot. Which means all the generational knowledge about that piece of ground is lost. No one will ever be able to farm it as well ever again. So, you see, the question of inheritance is not the same for farmers as it is for you."

Farming champion Jeremy Clarkson has hit back against the Government's proposed Inheritance Tax changes, and argued that the public should be alarmed by the way farmers have been treated on the issue over...

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