Jeremy Clarkson today demanded Labour ‘backs down’ over its inheritance tax grab as he joined 13,000 farmers and their supporters for a mass protest in London. The 64-year-old appeared alongside his Clarkson’s Farm co-stars Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland – defying the advice of his doctors to ‘avoid stress’ while he recovers from a life-saving heart operation. Farmers arrived at the event in a convoy of tractors bearing ‘the final straw’ signs before joining a huge rally attended by the likes of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Tory party leader Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage.

Jeremy Clarkson is expected to defy doctors’ orders and lead thousands of farmers from Diddly Squat and descend on Westminster to protest against the inheritance tax raid. Farmers gathering for today’s mass protest in London warned that ‘things will get bad very fast’ if the government refuses to scrap plans for inheritance tax on farms. Thousands are set to descend on Westminster to vent their anger over what has been called the ‘family farm death tax’ introduced in last month’s Budget.