Here's why the Scottish Help to Buy scheme will only make the housing crisis worse Let's be blunt. The announcement of a new Help to Buy scheme isn't a housing policy. It's a subsidy for bulk housing developers dressed up as one,…

The Scottish Government's Help to Buy scheme will only make the housing crisis worse. Jings! Who knew?🤨
#HousingPolicy🏠 #LateNeoliberalism #PublicInterest

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1) While Reform's Scottish manifesto doesn't specifically mention rivers, it does include a commitment to 'maintaining traditional country sports', which I suspect is a euphemism for huntin', shootin' and fishin'. 😉
#SportingEstates #LateNeoliberalism

A Laird of Our Times: Coigach, Tanera Mòr and the philanthropy of hedge fund manager Ian Wace | Simon Taylor in 'Bella Caledonia':
#LandOwnership #RuralCommunities #Philanthropy #LateNeoliberalism #WesterRoss

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Scottish Forestry 'acted unlawfully' in approving 579-ha woodland, judge rules Judge Lady Poole concluded the government agency acted unlawfully in how it considered whether work could begin at the proposed Todrig scheme.

Scotttish Forestry acted unlawfully anent the assessment of environmental impacts of a forestry project at Todrig in the Borders.
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #ScottishForestry🌲#EnvironmentalImpact🦋 #LateNeoliberalism

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Scotland's new national housing agency must serve people, not profit Common Weal has been campaigning for the best part of a decade on overhauling and improving the Scottish housing sector

Scotland's new housing agency must serve people, not profit | Craig Dalȝell in 'The National':
#ScottishHousing🏘️
#HousingPolicy
#LateNeoliberalism

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The Scottish Government's £3.3m forestry grant to Oxygen Conservation at Invergeldie - parkswatchscotland On Thursday Oxygen Conservation announced (see here) that they have been awarded £3.3m in forestry grants to plant a large chunk of the Invergeldie Estate north of Comrie.  So far Scottish Forestry do...

The Scottish Government's £3.3 million forestry grant to Oxygen Conservation at Invergeldie | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland.
#ScottishEnvironment🌱
#ScottishForestry🌲
#Perthshire
#ForestryGrants💷💷💷
#PublicMoney💷💷💷
#LateNeoliberalism

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A Scandal Meet its Moment | Charlie Ellis in 'Bella Caledonia':
#PeterMandelson, #UKPolitics, #LateNeoliberalism

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'Greenwashing’ warning as crunch Scottish AI data centre decision looms CAMPAIGNERS have written to the City of Edinburgh Council ahead of a crunch planning decision on Wednesday on a new AI data centre west of the city…

'Greenwashing' warning as crunch Scottish AI data centre decision looms | Jamie Calder in 'The National'
#Greenwashing, #Edinburgh, #EnvironmentalImpact, #LateNeoliberalism

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Estate swallows £1.5m in public money despite deer failings A Highland estate which Scotland’s wildlife agency says failed to stop rampant deer from harming protected areas has received nearly £1.5 million…

Sutherland estate swallows £1.5 million in public money despite failing to prevent environmental damage by red deer | The Ferret in 'The National':
#ScottishEnvironment🌱
#SportingEstates
#LateNeoliberalism

Sheep grazing on Abrdn's Far Ralia estate - the Forestry Grants farce and woodland carbon bubble - parkswatchscotland One wonders how much further the price of the Abrdn Property Income Trust (APIT) will drop from the current asking price of offers over £6.9m once prospective buyers become aware sheep are grazing amo...

Sheep grazing at Far Ralia, ABRDN's ill-fated woodland investment scheme.
#ScottishEnvironment🌱
#Cairngorms⛰️
#NaturalCapitalism💷💷💷
#LateNeoliberalism

This one graph should be a rocket up the independence movement's backside IF you support independence then I urge you to take a moment’s break and take a look at a graph ...

This graph should be a rocket up the Scottish independence movement's backside | Robin McAlpine in 'The National'.
#ScottishEconomy
#ScottishPolitics
#LateNeoliberalism

Sadly, the Sturgeon and Swinney administrations have capitulated to landed and corporate interests.
#LateNeoliberalism