COUNTRYSIDE CIVIL WAR IGNITES: Police Ban Farmersâ March 10,000 Tractors Storm London in Open Defiance! âYour Time Is Up, Starmer!â
A farmer has warned the Labour Government will need âthe armyâ to stop the tractors descending on Westminster ahead of the Budget.
Speaking to GB News, Olly Harrison said the Government and the Met Police âdo not care about the rural communityâ after cancelling their planned Budget protest.
Speaking to the Peopleâs Channel, Berkshire Farmers Group organisers George Brown, Dan Willis, and Caroline Graham stated that Dr. Alison Heydari, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard, withdrew consent for the demonstration with less than 10 hours to go.
Highlighting their devastation at the U-turn by police, Mr. Brown said: âYeah Martin, weâre absolutely devastated. Weâve been working on this for months and weâve had a great relationship with the Met.â
Asked by host Martin Daubney if the move âsmacks of two-tier policing,â Mr. Harrison agreed: âIt smells a bit fishy to me, definitely.â
âA group of farmers not that far from here organise something for Budget day, because obviously we want a positive outcome in the Budget. Theyâve got some things organised and theyâve been engaged with the Met for probably two or three months.â
âAnd it all seemed to be okay, and then just on the 11th hour, they say, âoh no, you canât come with any tractors, you canât do thisâ. And itâs just like, well, why? And they are like, âwell, itâs come from aboveâ.â
As Martin highlighted that the Met Police knew about the plans for 400 tractors to be at the protest âa month ago,â Mr. Harrison responded: âDoes the rural community not matter?â

Olly Harrison has warned that the authorities will need âthe armyâ to stop the tractors descending on Westminster.
He explained: âWhat I donât understand is that these tractors are on the way. Iâve seen on Twitter, tractors are on the way from York. Theyâre not going to turn around when theyâre so close, are they?â
âSo to me, it made perfect sense to keep them all in Whitehall because no one really lives there, no one important anyway, stick them in there, let them have a chin wag, let them listen to the Budget and off they go.â
The farmer stated: âTrying to stop them, what are they going to do, put a ring around London and stop every tractor trying to come in? Itâll just bring the police to a standstill, and theyâll need the army to stop them.â
Suggesting that the tractors and the protesting farmers will still demonstrate in Westminster on Wednesday, Mr. Harrison told GB News: âWell, from what I hear, theyâre still on their way.â

Farmers were set to bring their tractors to Whitehall as part of their latest protest against the family farm tax.
Asked if the protesters will take their demonstration âon footâ to Whitehall if their tractors are not permitted, Mr. Harrison stated: âOh yeah, definitely. There were a lot coming on foot anyway.â
âThereâs a few tractors coming, but most were on foot already.â
In a statement, the Berkshire Farmers Group told GB News: âImposing these conditions on a protest with this short of a notice is, in our opinion, a malicious approach to preventing our right to protest, leaving little time for appeal or for facilitating their requests.â
âTherefore, we, Berkshire Farmers Group and all associated organisers including but not limited to George Brown, Dan Willis, and Caroline Graham, wish to inform all attendees that this protest has been cancelled by Dr. Alison Heydari of the Metropolitan Police, and we absolve ourselves of all responsibilities for any attendance to this event.â

Announcing the decision on Tuesday afternoon, Scotland Yard said: âWe have had a number of conversations with the protest organisers to safely manage the event.â
âWhile people will still be able to demonstrate, conditions have been put in place to prevent protesters from bringing vehicles, including tractors or other agricultural vehicles to the protest.â
âThis decision was taken due to the serious disruption they may cause to the local area, including businesses, emergency services, and Londoners going about their day.â
While stressing that the protest had not been banned, the Met Police added: âAny person taking part in the farmers protest must remain in Richmond Terrace, Whitehall.â
