It stinks.
I reckon a lot of the larger estates have some parcels of land that rise from sea level to 3000' with slopes of 30° and topped with peat hag, where the hell are they going to plant trees other than in the fertile Glen bottoms where they have good grazing and Hay/Sileage pasture?
More pie in the sky nonsense from folk who should stick to what they know, which, in many is cases, is close to Bggr all.
And a further venting of my frustration, these Green/Socialist minded numpties think that just because someone has a large house and lots of land that they have plenty of money.
In many cases they couldn't be much further from the truth, they can be land rich, not that the land is rich, it's can crap and good for very little that they can do with it, but also cash poor, not much income and hit by Death Duties every time someone dies.
How the Hell are they going to pay an Estate Tax?
The SNP have already mooted the idea of a Mugabwe style land grab so that if part of the estate has to be sold off to pay Death Duties than a tenant should be offered the chance to buy it at a knock down price.
Why these well educated half wits are allowed to spout ill informed carp is way beyond my ken.