‘Farmers warn of protests’ as diesel soars to £2 a litre

Farmers are planning fuel protests in England after the Iran war sent fuel prices soaring to £2 per litre, it has been reported.

- REBECCA THOMAS

Ireland has already faced nationwide fuel protests from farming organisations over soaring petrol and diesel prices, which have caused significant disruption and threats to critical supplies throughout the country. Now farming organisations in the UK are set to meet to discuss nationwide demonstrations in Britain, according to reports in The Telegraph.

A source told the paper: “We’ve hit the £2 mark on a litre of diesel. That’s a scary place to be. It will be a matter of time before people in this country start to go out and protest.

“Farmers are the last people who want to go out and protest. You have to remember this is a very busy time of the year for us. But with the inheritance tax protests, you’ve got the groups that have been set up. The infrastructure is there to mobilise.”

“Discussions have been had, and there will be a few people coming together at the beginning of next week to see what can be done.”