Europe’s Farmers Are Fed Up
Demonstrations in London tied to an inheritance tax change are a reflection of broad dissatisfaction with government leadership across Europe.
Illustration: Maggie Cowles for Bloomberg
As she watched hundreds of tractors vying for parking space in central London, Vic Broughton explained she never considered herself a political person. But like thousands of others who traveled here from around the country on a cold February afternoon, the pig farmer from rural Somerset is now seething over the Labour government’s plan to force farmers to pay inheritance tax.
“I’m really, honestly, absolutely furious,” Broughton said, as more tractors and even a handful of replica tanks filled the road stretching from the Houses of Parliament to Trafalgar Square.