Nigel Farage blasts 'disconnected' Labour as tractors descend on Westminster: 'They have no comprehension of what food is!'

His comments come as hundreds of farmers are set to descend on Westminster today with their tractors in a second major protest against Labour's Budget.

Speaking from the Westminster protests, Farage said: "They always get it wrong. The sums are wrong. They haven't thought it through.

He explained: "I'm really pleased not only that tractors are here but they're in Scotland. They're in Wales, they're in Yorkshire.

He added: "Remember this, Labour have got approximately 100 members of Parliament that will now representing rural or at least semi-rural constituencies. These kind of protests need to be, by the way, peaceful obviously, but need to be in every market town in England.

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"I think in this world of rural England, of farming, I think this current group of MPs are more disconnected from that world than they've ever been at any time since Parliament sat 800 years ago.

"They have no comprehension. We have a politics that is dominated by a huge urban majority, they have no comprehension of what food is or where it comes from, no understanding of why the the English countryside is there, to them it is somewhere they drive through and it gets muddy and a bit wet."

The "RIP British Farming" demonstration, organised by Kent Fairness for Farmers and Save British Farming, will see more than 300 tractors arrive in central London.

The protest comes as Keir Starmer prepares for Prime Minister's Questions.

Farmers from across the country, including Exmoor, Shropshire, Somerset and the home counties, are expected to join the demonstration against what organisers call a "toxic" Budget.

At noon, organisers and guests will deliver speeches on the consequences of the Budget.

The tractors will then begin a slow drive around Whitehall from 12:45pm before returning to Parliament.

Kent Fairness For Farmers organiser and beef farmer Matt Cullen said: "The time has now come for farmers to unite and stand up and fight back against the government tax decisions.

"We need to show this government that we will not be pushed over and have our farms destroyed! This is war and we will win and force the government into a U-turn."

In October, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that inheritance tax of 20 per cent will apply to combined agricultural and business property worth more than £1million.

Farming sector leaders say the move will directly impact family farms which are already struggling under the weight of EU competition and challenges presented by extreme weather.