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In all the initial discussions over Scottish independence there has been a large elephant sitting quietly and ignored in the room. That is land.
When David Cameron talks about being passionate about the union I believe him. Not because Whitehall pays billions over to the importunate and financially reckless Scots. That idea beggars belief as who ever heard of a member of the British establishment rejoicing at giving anyone anything. One of the main issues for Cameron must be the fact that the British establishment has vast estates in Scotland. The fear is that how it runs these estates, how it employs people on these estates, how it decides tax revenue on profits made on these estates, and how the estates are passed on, will no longer be decided by the safe hands of the British political establishment in Westminster but by a bunch of left-leaning social democrat types from north of the border. How will dear David be able to look his father-in-law in the face if Lord Astor’s estate on Jura comes under the withering legal gaze of Scot Nat/Labour (without the English) dominated governments. The Queen and Duke of Sutherland also would not be too happy.
This brings us to the Glenlochy moor by Cromdale estate. The Scottish Crown Office appears to make a habit of looking the other way when this estate comes under scrutiny. The owner, who lives in Geneva, wouldn’t like to have the great unwashed interfering in how he runs his estate.
No wonder David is so passionate about the union.
Peter Marshall
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John Cameron
John Cameron is a physicist and former Church of Scotland minister
