Far-right groups are seeking to hijack a farmers’ protest in London against tax changes introduced by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves.
Extremists, including close associates of Tommy Robinson, have been using social media to urge supporters to turn up at the protest on Tuesday, as farming leaders sought to remind those attending of their responsibilities.
The event is being eyed as a major opportunity for exploitation by the far right, who are seeking to promote Jeremy Clarkson as a hero after he claimed the UK government had a “sinister plan” to “ethnically cleanse” farming communities.
The former presenter has become a meme on far-right social media accounts as activists and extremist influencers applauded his comments. Nick Griffin, the former leader of the British National party, posted a picture of himself in the broadcaster’s Oxfordshire pub.
“Jeremy Clarkson nails it,” said Griffin, as he shared Clarkson’s comments.
Calling a tax change that will only affect people that have several million in assets “ethnic cleansing” is disgusting.
A tax change on the mega wealthy is not the same as the fucking holocaust. Jesus fucking Christ.
If Jeremy Clarkson is part of your movement you’re on the wrong side. The guy is an enormous ego with a platform.
Why the hell would “The Government™” want to ethnically cleanse farming what the hell does that even mean?
I do think it’s funny how he’s got massively into the whole farming thing though.
You always get fringe groups hijacking protests for their own aims.
The Socialist Workers Party turn up to literally everything.
“Hijack” would imply that there are two separate groups here.
farmers are usually rich landowners with equipment worth millions.
right wingers are usually poor and uneducated with only a few clever people taking advantage of them.
I’m amazed that Clarkson has managed to paint the landowning class as salt of the earth workers who are just trying to get by. The fact that you have people who would never be affected by this tax arguing on the side of these people with massive property and assets portfolios is just wild to me.
