'I'm not your mate, I think you're an idiot': Farmer blasts 'woke liberal elite' James O'Brien in furious phone-in row over inheritance tax

An angry farmer has blasted LBC host James O'Brien labelling him a 'woke liberal elite' and a 'townie' who knows 'nothing about farming'. The caller named Charlie questioned how farmers will be able to afford to pay inheritance tax when they 'only make £30k a year' with Mr O'Brien then asking him to 'crunch the numbers'. Farmers arriving at Westminster in their tractors for today's protest against Labour's inheritance tax grab Attendees at the mass rally carried a banner reading 'stop killing the people who feed you' Farmers also took to the airwaves to vent their frustration and one caller on LBC took aim at host James O'Brien Mr O'Brien told the farmer that one solution would be to sell assets such as land to help afford the tax. Mr O'Brien was labelled 'the rudest person on the radio' by the caller named Charlie Earlier, Mr Clarkson - who runs Diddly Squat farm in Chipping Norton - accused Rachel Reeves of using a 'blunderbuss' to hit the agricultural sector Andrew Lloyd Webber speaking to an interview at today's farmers' protest Vast crowds gather to watch Clarkson and other supporters give speeches Farmers braved the grim weather to turn out in numbers Charlie asked: 'So what, your dad was a farmer?' National Farmers' Union leader Tom Bradshaw delivered an emotional address Today's protest is the biggest yet against the new Labour government Downing Street has refused to be drawn on Elon Musk's comments on X that Britain is 'going full Stalin' in its approach to farmers The Prime Minister has said that he understands changes to inheritance tax are 'causing concern' for farmers but insisted 'the vast majority of farms' will not be affected.