It is actually a right to access responsibly. But what the hell, it will always be used as a stick to beat Scotland by most of the MSM.
I am however very very amused. This must be the first vaguely positive article the Guardian has published about Scotland. Have they got the right country? Or was their ;Scottish Correspondent' on hols?
I'm really proud of Standingstone today. A baby was born here this morning, in the yurt we erected for his parents a fortnight ago. I'm proud that we have been able to give them a place to be, relatively protected from the stresses of the world, at this important moment.
But I'm a bit ashamed for Scotland that the best place we can offer to a pair of strangers in our midst, only one of whom speaks English well, to bring a child into the world, is a tent in a field.
This is Scotland after 14 years of #SNP rule; this is Scotland after two so-called #LandReform acts and with another, even more derisory, on the table.
#Labour are right to say that Scotland has a #HousingEmergency, but who really thinks they would do better? #ScotGov were right to accept that we do have one, but what do they propose to do about it?
What is first thing you want to change after Scotland's Independence Day? I don't mean the change Labour go on about which seems to mean carrying on with the Tory project. No I mean real change relevant for the Scottish people which we can't do as a small part of Westminster. #ScottishIndependence
@IndyRichard I think the first changes I'd want would be:
Real redistribution of land to communities #LandReform;
Systematic advantaging of workers' co-ops over companies limited by share in public contracts and in taxation;
Reform of local government (and of local taxation) resulting in at minimum a five-fold increase in number of councils, with each deriving the majority of its revenue from its own taxation;
Decentralising of real power from Holyrood to local government.
whenever a community tests ubi or free housing for the homeless the result is always "holy fuck this works incredibly well and costs less than existing solutions!" and then all the politicians do this
@ancient_catbus Because all our political parties are being paid for by the people who are profiting from the status quo, and those people do not want change.
That's why, for example, the Scottish Government's new #LandReform bill carefully avoids doing any actual land reform, why Joe #Biden doesn't stop arms sales to Israel, and why Wes Streeting wants to shovel NHS money into the pockets of the private health firms.
@SteveJonesnono1@thecommongreen while we're on the subject of progressive ideas, can I bore everyone yet again with the simplest and most progressive tax of all? (And yes, of course, this is all within devolved competence.)
Meine neue taz Kolumne ist online.
Diesmal geht es darum, wie die Landwirtschaft in Deutschland zukunftssicher gemacht wird und warum wir dafür auch ein neues Schulfach brauchen.
"Adopting rightwing policies on issues such as immigration and the economy does not help centre-left parties win votes, according to new analysis of European electoral and polling data"
Gasp. Who could possibly have guessed it? Someone should tell #Labour and the #SNP.
@otfrom fiscal orthodoxy, neoliberalism, fossil fuel extraction, centralisation of virtually everything, backsliding on #LandReform, I could go on, and on, and on.
Today in Labor History December 25, 1968: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) were burnt to death in the Kilvenmani massacre in Tamil Nadu. The Dalits had been striking for higher wages. The incident helped lead to major changes in the local rural economy, including a large redistribution of land. Meena Kandasamy portrayed the event in her 2014 novel “The Gypsy Goddess.”
@CloudyMrs@therightarticle We could (and maybe should) start our own rural left, #LandReform party. Yes, we would probably never win a majority – rural folk are a minority in Scotland anyway – but in a proportional system it isn't necessary to win a majority to get some of your policies implemented.
@CloudyMrs@therightarticle on the fourth point, decent access should be a legal requirement, and if it's not provided the land should automatically be transferred to community ownership.
Don't bribe people to allow you something you should have a right to, because the rich are rich enough to ignore bribes.
Study finds poor land buyout regulation days after land reform bill delay
A #ScottishGovernment commissioned report has found the demand to buy rural land for green investments could deepen divides between landowners and communities, just days after it delayed a new #landReform bill.
Revive, the coalition for grouse moor reform, National Conference 2023 Sun 12 Nov 2023, #Perth
Join The REVIVE coalition and host #ChrisPackham as they take on #landreform, #wildlife and #environmental protection, and alternative approaches to revitalise our land to its best potential.
@Christownsendoutdoors@JeniParsons well, and does that not just prove that it's a site of ethnic cleansing and genocide? Areas of Britain without native populations do not happen naturally.
This is a crime scene, not a plaything for rich do-gooders. Restorative justice is required.
I'd say, for the same reason we haven't implememented meaningful #LandReform: because our landed elites still have way too much power, especially in remote rural areas.
In the mean time, I'm still resolutely opposed to giving Galloway's landowners another target for elite capture.
@GlasWolf we're not self sufficient. We could be, and arguably should be, more so; but without major #LandReform (which is urgently needed) only a small and privileged segment of the population can be.
"the World Bank predicts that climate change will compel as many as 216 million people to move elsewhere in their countries by 2050; other reports suggest that more than one billion people will become refugees because of the impacts of a warming planet on developing countries"
We have somehow to find homes for that billion people. How many can your community welcome?
This week, I talk to Max Wiszniewski about four years of campaigning with @revivecoalition how they've influenced the debate around grouse moor management and land reform and what's happening at their conference in November.
For those people who have not contributed to the consultation, can I suggest you take a few minutes out to read and then provide some feedback. There are only a couple of days left and it does not take long. I know ‘consultations' are frequently denigrated but they can have an effect.