• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • Articles
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contribute
  • Contact

Sceptical Scot

Asking Questions. Seeking Answers.

You are here: Home / Archives for land reform

land reform

Oor land

February 7, 2021 by David McAllister 1 Comment

“And herein lies the rub with Scotland’s supposedly “radical” land reform journey. The measures so far have not transformed the big picture: some have merely dragged Scotland’s anachronistic land laws into the 20th century as the rest of the world has entered the 21st. Most changes have worked within the old paradigm, treading carefully—maybe even neurotically—around established property rights.”

Land reform and climate change: a Scottish perspective

October 12, 2019 by Annie McKee and Mike Rivington 2 Comments

‘We need to be clear about what we want from the land, how we find and reward synergies, and how to ensure greater public input to land management and land use decision-making.” Experts from James Hutton Institute on risks (and rewards) from land use in the climate crisis.

Scenes from Highland life – and thoughts on land reform

July 16, 2017 by Jackie Kemp Leave a Comment

Knoydart over Sgurr na Ciche

Rather than trying to unmake history, Scotland should build on it. Rich landowners, whether native-born or from elsewhere, who cherish Scotland’s wild places, can use their resources to help to care for for it and to protect it from the challenges of the future.

A laird at thirty quid? Hang on Manfred

February 10, 2016 by Malcolm Combe Leave a Comment

The Land Reform Bill is making its (contentious) way through Holyrood. One thing it ignores is a nice little trade in offering souvenir plots of Scotland but this comes with no ownership rights. Time for a change?

Primary Sidebar

About Sceptical Scot

Welcome to Sceptical Scot, Scotland’s premier non-tribal forum for passionate, informed debate. Sceptical Scot is for all who care about Scotland’s future, regardless of how they vote: for party, independence or union, EU or Brexit. We aim to provide an arena that is both broader and deeper than current online/print offers with a rich diet of well-researched, polemical, thought-provoking writing. Read more » about About Sceptical Scot

What’s new on Sceptical Scot

  • SNP tensions: causes and effects February 21, 2021
  • Emergency: close the gap between real life and government ‘FACTS’  February 10, 2021
  • How to end food poverty? February 8, 2021
  • Road to recovery bypasses Red Morningside February 7, 2021
  • Boris is the new Maggie, Brexit the new poll tax February 7, 2021
  • Oor land February 7, 2021
  • We will dance, oh how we will dance! February 6, 2021
  • The play must go on February 6, 2021
  • Overcoming lockdown blues – and barriers February 4, 2021
  • Infants in care – Scotland’s civic emergency February 2, 2021

The Sceptical Newsletter

The Sceptical Scot cartoon

A small ship, hopelessly at sea

Categories

  • Articles (581)
  • Blog (489)
  • Books & Poetry (25)
  • Brexit (199)
  • climate crisis (4)
  • climate crisis (12)
  • Covid19 (58)
  • Criminal justice (17)
  • Culture (273)
  • Devo20 (1)
  • Economics (181)
  • Economy (71)
  • Education (67)
  • Elections (163)
  • Environment (47)
  • European Union (244)
  • Featured (43)
  • federalism (13)
  • Federalism (14)
  • Health (50)
  • History (58)
  • Housing (22)
  • Humour (10)
  • identity (10)
  • Independence (242)
  • Inequality (69)
  • International (18)
  • Ireland (6)
  • Ireland (6)
  • Local government (68)
  • Longer reads (66)
  • Media (6)
  • Podcast (3)
  • Poetry (68)
  • Policy (166)
  • Politics (261)
  • Polls and quizzes (1)
  • Reviews (24)
  • Social democracy (81)
  • Trump (10)
  • UK (306)
  • Uncategorized (3)

Sceptical Scot elsewhere

Facebook
Twitter

Footer

About Sceptical Scot

Since 2014 Sceptical Scot has offered a non-tribal forum for passionate, informed debate for all who care about Scotland’s future

Recommended

  • Bella Caledonia
  • Centre on Constitutional Change
  • The UK in a Changing Europe
  • Common Space
  • Gerry Hassan
  • Scottish Review
  • Social Europe
  • Think Scotland

Archives

Copyright © 2021 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in