How much of that land is basically wilderness though? It's a very deceptive statistic. Is that arable land or all land?
How much of that land is basically wilderness though? It's a very deceptive statistic. Is that arable land or all land?I think we and they vastly underestimate the extent which Britain is still a feudal society.
In Scotland: The Green MSP and land reform campaigner Andy Wightman reckons that half of the country's rural land is owned by only 432 landowners - a picture that has remained largely unchanged in recent decades. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-47963208
The reason Ireland is such a different society is due to the changes in land ownership here in the end of the 19th century early 20th century.
I really don't think that is the point. There are thousands of small farmers in Ireland with a few sheep on hillsides who send their daughters to University. The equivalent class does not exist in Scotland.How much of that land is basically wilderness though? It's a very deceptive statistic. Is that arable land or all land?
Who send their daughters to University?I really don't think that is the point. There are thousands of small farmers in Ireland with a few sheep on hillsides who send their daughters to University. The equivalent class does not exist in Scotland.
Maybe they’re just better at assessing means…..I really don't think that is the point. There are thousands of small farmers in Ireland with a few sheep on hillsides who send their daughters to University. The equivalent class does not exist in Scotland.
In Ireland 80% of 1km squares are populated, in Scotland that figure is 31%.How much of that land is basically wilderness though? It's a very deceptive statistic. Is that arable land or all land?
We don't have people like Richard Drax though. The UK is run by people like that.How much of that land is basically wilderness though? It's a very deceptive statistic. Is that arable land or all land?
And how habitable is much of that vacant land in Scotland? Especially the Highlands?In Ireland 80% of 1km squares are populated, in Scotland that figure is 31%.
This is why we don't make good Bond villains.We don't have people like Richard Drax though. The UK is run by people like that.
O'Bond, Séamus O'Bond... doesn't sound right.This is why we don't make good Bond villains.
We have Richard Boyd Barrett though. Not sure who’s worse off.We don't have people like Richard Drax though. The UK is run by people like that.
True but they have Jeremy Corbyn. I'd rather spend an evening with Boyd Barrett than that other unpleasant humourless bully and they are both Marxists.We have Richard Boyd Barrett though. Not sure who’s worse off.
If you want to live off-grid most of it is perfectly habitable. If that's not for you, then much of it is ruled out due to the cost of accessing services.And how habitable is much of that vacant land in Scotland? Especially the Highlands?
I think the raw figures overstate the difference by assuming Scotland and Ireland are the same in this regard, and how much of a living could be made from much of it.
Fair enough, I suppose I more have in mind people who want to shop in Sainsburys, rather than say Bear Grylls or the Amish.If you want to live off-grid most of it is perfectly habitable. If that's not for you, then much of it is ruled out due to the cost of accessing services.
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