If our political class lacks the courage to tackle landed interests now, how will it find and instil in others the courage to back independence?
bills since the Scottish Parliament reconvened haven’t changed this catastrophic reality – and though another bill is on its way, it will be another missed opportunity unless the central problem is grasped. Land must be taxed.
Nordic states, which mostly became independent in the last hundred years, all had roughly equal land tenure, and ultra-local councils before they took the final plunge and voted by whopping majorities of 80-95% for national independence. Sadly, the opposite is true in Scotland which has the smallest number of landowners in the developed world and thus the largest number of people cautiously looking over their shoulders before acting. We also have – no coincidence – the largest most remote councils and the smallest councillor cohort in Europe.
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