TV host Jeremy Clarkson joined farmers protesting in London on Tuesday, November 19, against changes to inheritance tax announced in late October.

The Metropolitan Police said over 10,000 farmers and their supporters had gathered in Westminster by late morning.

The National Farmers' Union has described the proposed 20 percent tax on previously exempt inheritances as a "hammer blow to farming families, after decades of tightening margins, record inflation, extreme weather and increased production costs."

Clarkson, who has an Amazon Prime show following his agricultural exploits, said he was in town to "support the farmers". Credit: Harry Cormack via Storyful

What do you think is the problem with what the government's proposing there?

It's just, it's um.

It's an increase in, well, they've changed the um classification of double cab pickup trucks which everybody here drives, so that's a 211% tax rise, 50 pounds carbon tax on a bag of fertiliser, the end or a much.

Quicker winding down of the basic farm payment and then the APR and BPR business.

The inheritance tax, yeah, yeah.

I mean that's just, it's almost like in a previous life, Rachel Rees was chased by some, you know, some people are worried, I'm frightened of clowns, some people are frightened of polar bears.

I think she's frightened of farmers for some reason.

I didn't you take advantage of some of the tax regulations before this to buy some land?

I bought a shoot which came with some inheritance tax benefits.

I completely prepared to admit it and have been, but we're not here to talk about me.

No, but the government, but the government says the reason what they're trying to do here is clamp down on.