‘Change your mind or find out’: Farmers’ Christmas food shortage warning to Labour as tractors to descend on Westminster
A farmer has warned that Britain could face food shortages if Labour fails to reverse its controversial inheritance tax changes affecting family farms.
Speaking on GB News, James Wright drew parallels with pandemic-era supply disruptions, suggesting similar scenarios could unfold.
“It wouldn’t take much to happen again and if Labour don’t u-turn, that will happen,” Wright cautioned.
He predicted the impact would be felt “in five or six years time when farmers start going out of business.”
Wright called on Labour to reverse the policy or “find out” about possible food shortages in a thinly-veiled threat.
His warning comes as hundreds of tractors are set to descend on Westminster tomorrow in what organisers have dubbed an “RIP British Farming” protest.
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The vehicles will line up on Whitehall from 10am, with speeches scheduled for noon.
A slow drive around central London will follow from 12:45pm.
Tractors will travel to the capital from across the country, including Exmoor, Shropshire, Somerset and the home counties.
Rally organisers Kent Fairness for Farmers and Save British Farming have described the government’s recent Budget changes as “toxic”.
Speaking to GB News, dairy farmer Paul Tomkins emphasised that farmers are focused on encouraging dialogue rather than disrupting daily life.
“I can assure you that all that farmers are trying to do is to encourage the Chancellor to come to the table,” Tomkins said.
He stressed the protests would continue until the Chancellor addresses their concerns.
“When she comes to the table to discuss this problem that she’s introduced to hard working families across the country, then that will be the time when we no longer see tractors in the streets,” he added.
The inheritance tax changes announced in October’s Budget have limited the existing 100 per cent relief for farms to the first £1 million of combined agricultural and business property.
Last month, an estimated 13,000 people gathered in Westminster to protest against the Budget’s impact on farming.
The demonstration drew high-profile supporters including composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, TV personality Jeremy Clarkson and politicians Kemi Badenoch, Sir Ed Davey and Nigel Farage.
Jeff Gibson of Kent Fairness For Farmers questioned whether the next generation could be expected to “start their farming careers paying 10 years of tax burden because we died.”
Wright drew direct comparisons to previous supply chain disruptions during the pandemic.
“We saw during the pandemic what food insecurity looked like and how a small change to our supply chain caused shelves to empty,” he told GB News.
The farmer issued a stark ultimatum to the opposition party.
“Labour should change their mind or it will find out,” Wright warned, suggesting the consequences could arrive sooner than his predicted five to six-year timeline.