Farmers driving tractors through Swindon to protest changes to their inheritance tax received mixed reactions from Adver readers.

Tractors lined the road outside the Swindon Borough Council offices and BBC Wiltshire’s Old Town headquarters on Monday.

Neil Mercer said: “Noisy, disruptive protestors blocking traffic? They should be locked up.

“Oh hang on, they're not protesting about disastrous climate breakdown?

“They're protesting about a tiny proportion of farmers having to pay a much lower rate of inheritance than everyone else, to close a loophole that allows rich people to dodge tax by buying land?

“Oh, then that's entirely different. Bravo. Block as many roads as you want...”

Paul Gardner said: “Pay your taxes like the rest of us.”

Adrian Oxenham said: “They pay more than you do. They give into this country more than you do and without them you would be hungry.”

Robert Weyman agreed: “No farmers no food. Asset rich, cash poor, it'll affect a huge majority, only the Labour lefty loons support this ridiculous tax.”

Graeme Reynolds disagreed: “No fan of Starmer but most farmers are tenants and most of the agricultural land........

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