Sky News made a bit of a blunder (Image: Sky News)
featured a huge mishap today (November 18) as they were reporting on the farmers’ strikes. Wrong footage was used to accompany the report.
It comes as presenter was giving a snippet of what was to come on the agenda for the day. He announced: “You’re watching Sky News today. Still to come…”
As he continued to read the clips shown on screen didn’t match up with the words he was saying. He shared: “Farmers preparing to protest in Westminster as inheritance tax anger grows.”
However, the background showed a missile being launched – something which was nothing to do with the topic at hand.
Viewers of the news programme quickly picked up on the fault and headed to social media to make jokes about the error.
Sky News showed missiles while talking about farmer protests (Image: Sky News)
Posting on X/Twitter, one user quipped: “Sly News is reporting about the farmers protest tomorrow in London using missiles, probably best to wear an armoured vest and helmet if you are attending. Don’t think flat caps are going to cut it.”
Another joked: “Farmers go to WAR with Westminster – Amazing what a farmer can do with a modified combine harvester, gunpowder and a bit of farm ingenuity (great reporting by Sky News)”.
Presenter Scott Bryan posted: “What are the farmers planning?!?!?” as he shared the footage. While someone else added: “OMG Sky News uses missile footage for farmer protests report in live TV blunder.”
It comes as thousands of farmers are due to attend protests in Westminster on Tuesday against the Chancellor’s ‘disastrous’ move of imposing inheritance tax on previously exempt agricultural estates.
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There has been uproar since Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, announced she is imposing inheritance tax on previously exempt agricultural estates worth over £1million, at a rate of 20%.
Sir had previously stated that it is “very important” that farmers are protected before adding that “there’s an issue around inheritance tax.”
However, he said: “I do understand the concern”, before adding: “But for a typical case, which is parents with a farm they want to pass on to one of their children, by the time you’ve taken into account not only the exemption for the farm property itself, but also the exemption for spouse to spouse, then parent to child, it’s £3 million before any inheritance tax will be payable.
“That’s why I am absolutely confident the vast majority of farms and farmers will not be affected by this.”