From The Province Of The Cat 9: The Big Fields Of War
by George Gunn When the two MSP’s decided to leave the secure pastures of the SNP because their party will not commit a future independent Scotland to be outside of Continue reading
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FROM THE PROVINCE OF THE CAT 3: ‘Nothing Will Come From Nothing’ by George Gunn
by George Gunn Wednesday April 25th was a very windy day in Caithness. A fierce North Easterly gale blew down from Norway and blasted the blossoms off what pass for Continue reading
And the Land Lay Still
By Andy Wightman I was in Perth last week giving a talk and leading a discussion on land issues with an enthusiastic audience of over 120 people. One member of Continue reading
The Scotland Bill and the Crown Estate Commissioners
“Why is the Crown Estate still administered by Commissioners in London who are unaccountable to the Scottish Parliament and yet manage Scottish public land? Why, when all the planning and environmental regulation is carried out by Scottish local authorities and Marine Scotland at some cost to the public purse do net revenues still flow straight to HM Treasury?”
Who Stole Scotland?
‘Show the people that our Old Nobility is not noble, that its lands are stolen lands – stolen either by force or fraud; show people that the title-deeds are rapine, murder, massacre, cheating, or court harlotry; dissolve the halo of divinity that surrounds the hereditary title; let the people clearly understand that our present House of Lords is composed largely of descendants of successful pirates and rogues; do these things and you shatter the Romance that keeps the nation numb and spellbound while privilege picks its pocket.’
