Scottish Parliament passes land reform bill

Patrick Colquhoun, assistant chief executive of Luss Estates, which owns almost 50,000 acres of land around Loch Lomond, said the legislation could lead to an “infringement” on property rights.

Mr Colquhoun, who is also vice-chairman of Scottish Land and Estates, told the BBC’s Scotcast podcast that he feared the definition of a large landholding could be reduced in future.

“Already the government are being pressed to reduce that down to 500 (hectares), then it’s 200, then it’s 10, then it’s five and suddenly your plot at home, your garden ground could be under threat,” he said.

Lmao at their shite excuses. They know that the ownership of so much land is morally reprehensible and have no defence other than “it could happen to your tiny patch of grass in suburbia too!”

For reference, this only applies to ownership of 1,000 hectares or more. A hectare is about the size of a professional football pitch (if you include all the out of bounds edges). So this only affects people who own 1,000 football pitches or more.

Congratulations to Andy Wightman and others who persevered so long investigating and communicating who owns Scotland.
But I recall them circulating similar proposals over thirty years ago, so why has it taken so long even to get this far ( genuine question, as I’m far away now ) ?