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For the record (and bearing in mind this is written by a spin doctor), here is the opening from Scottish Land & Estate’s e-newsletter of 1 June 2012. “This has been a very busy week indeed, it started with our
Continue readingIn 1999, I wrote a short book called Scotland: Land & Power. The Agenda for Land Reform. I still have 500 or so copies sitting in boxes beside me which I am slowly getting rid of by leaving copies on
Continue readingWell, Alex Salmond duly gave his speech to the AGM of Scottish Land and Estates on Tuesday 29 May. (1) Unfortunately, he chose not to take up the many suggestions made in response to my earlier blog and, instead, gave
Continue readingAs today’s launch of the Yes campaign [broken link May 2025] rolled out, I began tweeting as follows: “I believe that it is fundamentally better if decisions about Auchtermuchty’s future are taken by the people of Auchtermuchty #yesauchtermuchty” This is
Continue readingAs someone engaged in asking questions about land and its ownership, I have always been aware of the paucity of academic study of land tenure and ownership. That striking absence has, in part, motivated my ongoing investigations. So it
Continue readingUPDATE 0900 18 May 2012 A spokesperson for Mr Salmond told the West Highland Free Press that “it is too early to give any details of what the First Minister might say.” I’m delighted to report that Alex Salmond has
Continue readingDuke Richard, the 10th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, KBE BBC Scotland’s Business and Economy Editor, Douglas Fraser, conducted a fascinating interview with John Glen, Chief Executive of the Buccleuch Group yesterday (online report here & audio file here). There
Continue readingA number of people in the SNP have been trying to persuade me that the Scottish Government is serious about getting land reform back on track. I am prepared to accept this once I see the evidence. Meanwhile events suggest
Continue readingThere is a programme on Radio 4 called The Unbelievable Truth in which panellists compete to see how many nuggets of truth they are able to hide among their lies and as an example of the Alice in Wonderland world
Continue readingThe following MSPs agree that Donald Trump Senior, Donald Trump Junior and George Sorial should cease to be members of the GlobalScot network. Patrick HarvieKezia DugdaleJean Urquhart ……. 5 MSPs are happy for Trump et al to remain global ambassadors
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