Who Actually Owns Scotland?
If the Scottish National Party (SNP) Were Truly Nationalist
Then They Would Challenge Foreign Ownership of Scottish Land and Islands
When BM says who owns Scotland, it is not talking about who owns a semi-detached town house in Bearsden or a retirement bungalow looking out over the sea at Ayr. It means who owns the vast tracks of forest and farm-land in the Borders, the mountains and glens of the Highlands and the islands of the Hebrides.
It is estimated that only around 40% of Scotland is owned by British nationals and few of them are true Scots. It is no use falling back on the old adage routinely trotted out by old-style SNP supporters that it is all the fault of the English, the mythical wealthy 'sassenach' absentee landowner.
With the possible exception of the Duke of Westminster, the majority of estate owners are from outside the UK. There are a few old style 'Tartan aristocrats, like the Duke of Roxburgh, the Duke of Atholl and the Duke of Buccleuch, but most of the old lairds and lords own little more than the castle they live in or the old stately home. Plus there has for many years been the occasional wealthy 'Rock Star' keen to own his very own Scottish island or crumbling Highland castle, but these individuals are few and far between.
Of course the Royal family have their own piece of the Highlands at Balmoral, originally taken over by Queen Victoria so that she and Prince Albert could play at Brigadoon. These days the estate is run for the Queen and Prince Philip, so that he can wear a kilt and shoot grouse and the Prince of Wales can dress up in tartan and pretend he is the Lord of the Isles.
British Movement believes that the House of Windsor is in much need of restructuring and re-defining. A National Socialist state would re-define the status and role of the British monarchy and would also look seriously at its wealth and land-holdings. The Royal family's support for multi-culturalism in Britain has been noted and the monarch's failure to act against the betrayal of Britain during Elizabeth the Second's reign is something that needs to be addressed.
However, the fact that the monarchy treats parts of the Highlands as a royal playground is not a model that should be allowed to be copied by foreign billionaires.
Infamously the American multi-millionaire Donald Trump decided to buy up a large slice of the East Coast near St Andrews and was aided and abetted in dodging around all the usual planning regulations for building his luxury hotel and golf course complex by a gaggle of establishment politicians desperate to get the wealthy American to 'invest' in Scotland.
A number of very, very wealthy Dutch and Danish multi-millionaires also own large tracts of the Highlands including a big slice of land in the Cairngorms National Park (did you actually think that a National Park would be owned on behalf of the Scottish people?)
One of the largest estates in Perthshire is now owned by a wealthy Arab prince from the United Arab Emirates, further north Glen Avon is now owned by a secretive Malaysian tycoon, a large slice of Wester Ross is owned by a different Arab prince from Dubai.
Now the next wave of so-called 'foreign investors' looking towards buying up slices of Scotland are Chinese. The Chinese are already buying up larger farms in England, and estates and castles in Scotland are next on the menu.
The old pre-1975 Counties of Scotland should be returned to as a start towards re-establishing the traditional administrative make-up of Scotland.
The whole subject of land ownership, especially of the rural estates and off-shore islands needs complete reform. Foreign ownership should become illegal and the land holdings of the House of Windsor needs to be challenged and dismantled.
Of course the Royal family have their own piece of the Highlands at Balmoral, originally taken over by Queen Victoria so that she and Prince Albert could play at Brigadoon. These days the estate is run for the Queen and Prince Philip, so that he can wear a kilt and shoot grouse and the Prince of Wales can dress up in tartan and pretend he is the Lord of the Isles.
British Movement believes that the House of Windsor is in much need of restructuring and re-defining. A National Socialist state would re-define the status and role of the British monarchy and would also look seriously at its wealth and land-holdings. The Royal family's support for multi-culturalism in Britain has been noted and the monarch's failure to act against the betrayal of Britain during Elizabeth the Second's reign is something that needs to be addressed.
However, the fact that the monarchy treats parts of the Highlands as a royal playground is not a model that should be allowed to be copied by foreign billionaires.
Infamously the American multi-millionaire Donald Trump decided to buy up a large slice of the East Coast near St Andrews and was aided and abetted in dodging around all the usual planning regulations for building his luxury hotel and golf course complex by a gaggle of establishment politicians desperate to get the wealthy American to 'invest' in Scotland.
A number of very, very wealthy Dutch and Danish multi-millionaires also own large tracts of the Highlands including a big slice of land in the Cairngorms National Park (did you actually think that a National Park would be owned on behalf of the Scottish people?)
One of the largest estates in Perthshire is now owned by a wealthy Arab prince from the United Arab Emirates, further north Glen Avon is now owned by a secretive Malaysian tycoon, a large slice of Wester Ross is owned by a different Arab prince from Dubai.
Now the next wave of so-called 'foreign investors' looking towards buying up slices of Scotland are Chinese. The Chinese are already buying up larger farms in England, and estates and castles in Scotland are next on the menu.
The old pre-1975 Counties of Scotland should be returned to as a start towards re-establishing the traditional administrative make-up of Scotland.
The whole subject of land ownership, especially of the rural estates and off-shore islands needs complete reform. Foreign ownership should become illegal and the land holdings of the House of Windsor needs to be challenged and dismantled.
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