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Related: About this forumDavid Cameron's father in law offers to adopt a 'Rob Roy' style Scottish accent to stop 'Mugabe-styl
David Cameron's father in law offers to adopt a 'Rob Roy' style Scottish accent to stop 'Mugabe-style landgrab' by SNP
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/11619189/David-Camerons-father-in-law-offers-to-adopt-a-Rob-Roy-style-Scottish-accent-to-stop-Mugabe-style-landgrab-by-SNP.html
Viscount Astor, writing in this weeks edition of The Spectator magazine, said he was worried the SNP was planning land reforms to take away estates from large landowners north of the Border
David Camerons father-in-law has said he may have to put on a Rob Roy-style Scottish accent to stop the Scottish National Party launching a Mugabe-style raid on his familys estate in Scotland.
Viscount Astor, writing in this weeks edition of The Spectator magazine, said he was worried the SNP was planning land reforms to take away estates from large landowners north of the Border.
The concerns had worsened after the general election when the SNP won 56 out of 59 seats in Scotland.
The SNP manifesto promised to ensure Scotlands land reform debate focuses on how Scotlands land can be best managed in the public interest to ensure it is of benefit to all of the people of Scotland.
His comments emerged the day after the Telegraph disclosed how the SNP minister in charge of the plans warned landowners rights to use their property as they wish are to be watered down for the public good.
Aileen McLeod, the Scottish Land Reform Minister, told a conference in Edinburgh that the core of my approach is to shift the balance of the law so that the public interest is given greater precedence at the expense of individuals rights.
David Camerons father-in-law has said he may have to put on a Rob Roy-style Scottish accent to stop the Scottish National Party launching a Mugabe-style raid on his familys estate in Scotland.
Viscount Astor, writing in this weeks edition of The Spectator magazine, said he was worried the SNP was planning land reforms to take away estates from large landowners north of the Border.
The concerns had worsened after the general election when the SNP won 56 out of 59 seats in Scotland.
The SNP manifesto promised to ensure Scotlands land reform debate focuses on how Scotlands land can be best managed in the public interest to ensure it is of benefit to all of the people of Scotland.
His comments emerged the day after the Telegraph disclosed how the SNP minister in charge of the plans warned landowners rights to use their property as they wish are to be watered down for the public good.
Aileen McLeod, the Scottish Land Reform Minister, told a conference in Edinburgh that the core of my approach is to shift the balance of the law so that the public interest is given greater precedence at the expense of individuals rights.
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David Cameron's father in law offers to adopt a 'Rob Roy' style Scottish accent to stop 'Mugabe-styl (Original Post)
geardaddy
May 2015
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Given how much of that land was stolen from the Scots and handed over to English landholders
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
May 2015
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Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)1. Given how much of that land was stolen from the Scots and handed over to English landholders
by prior English kings after they murdered and raped their way around the northern part of the island, I can understand why he might be a wee bit worried about the Scots deciding they want it back, even if a few hundred years have passed.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)3. Sort of reminds me of the line from the great Scottish singer Dougie MacLean:
"They say Victoria loved her Highlands...that is why she owned them all".
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)2. Scary thing is, the man probably thinks that response is helpful.