“Your land, eh?”, asks the miner. “Yes”, replies the laird, “and my grouse and my deer.” “And who did you get this land from?” “Well, I inherited it from my father.” “And who did he get it from?” the miner insists. “He inherited it from his father, of course. And he from his father. The land has been in my family for over 400 years,” the laird proudly declared . “OK, so how did your family come to own this land 400 years ago?” the miner asks. “Well....actually.... they fought for it!” “Fine,” replies the miner. “Take your jacket off and I’ll fight you now for it.” Scotland 19,068,631 acres - 100% Urban 585,627 acres - 3% Rural 18,483,004 acres - 97% Of the rural land, 2, 275,768 acres are in the ownership of public bodies and 16,207,236 are in the ownership of private bodies. Of this privately-owned rural land: One quarter is owned by 66 landowners in estates of 30,700 acres and larger One third is owned by 120 landowners in estates of 21,000 acres and larger One half is owned by 343 landowners in estates of 7,500 acres and larger Two thirds is owned by 1252 landowners in estates of 1 ,200 acres and larger Two thirds of Scotland is owned by one four thousandth (0.025%) of the people! socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.co.nz/2014/09/is-this-land-our-land.html
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:07:02 +0000
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