Too early to say I'm afraid.
and ignore the daft comments meantime.Check back in two weeks
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fraser
Excuse my stupidity, but how do you take land out of the hands of the private estates, other than stealing it? Is that a good thing?the SNP would like to see more land in public hands rather than the big private estates at present, but for many estates hill ground in particular there is really no other use for it I other than stalking
'The right to roam' is one good example.Excuse my stupidity, but how do you take land out of the hands of the private estates, other than stealing it? Is that a good thing?
Z
Excuse my stupidity, but how do you take land out of the hands of the private estates, other than stealing it? Is that a good thing?
Z
Does anyone have any idea how this will affect stalkers wanting to shoot in Scotland? My wife's family live in N Ireland and bureaucracy involved in taking any firearms on the ferry through the Republic and then into N Ireland is too obstructive to contemplate.
Most likely very little if any, the SNP would like to see more land in public hands rather than the big private estates at present, but for many estates hill ground in particular there is really no other use for it I other than stalking
SNP are on record as wanting to change some of the firearm laws, while not popular with shooter these are likely to be no more than an inconvenience , for example licensing air guns already on the cards, limiting the number of shotguns a person can hold, and proving need for rifles held
No political party regardless of there colour can or are shortsighted enough to ignore how much field sports brings to the Scottish economy , so while no doubt there maybe some changes they are unlikely to be major.
There are no plans to restrict movement across the border by what were previously UNited Kingdom citizens.
All the above is dependent on a yes vote which is far from certain, also everyone seems to think that a yes vote will leave the SNP in power, again far from certain it's just as likely maybe more so that we would end up with labour in power or maybe some sort of coalition, it's not only SNP supporters who will be voting yes.
In the case of a no vote the Scottish parliament will still almost certainly have either a SNP or Labour majority and with all devolved powers the other party's are promising Scotland if we say no, I don't think it's going to make a great deal of difference to the ordinary Joe in the street.
you mean like the presant day estate owners ancesters done 400 years ago?Excuse my stupidity, but how do you take land out of the hands of the private estates, other than stealing it? Is that a good thing?
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you mean like the presant day estate owners ancesters done 400 years ago?
They evicted whole villages...Imber...once "in the national interest.
And flooded whole communities...Rutland Water...in the national interest.
And whole swathes of land for Heathrow Terminal 5...in the national interest.
Nationalising or more likely removing inheiritance tax exemptions or imposing new tax rules would be enough.
Wee Rabbie McGabe it would be in a post Independence "People's Democratic Republic of North Britain".