Half of England owned by less than 1% of pop.

[Henarar]

If land were apportioned per adult, we'd have about an acre each.

Bags I an acre that isn't on the top of Snowdon, or up a Munro(sp?) somewhere

the bit up top Snowdon would be ok if you could charge for admission

 

[Tarw Coch]

If land were apportioned per adult, we'd have about an acre each.

Bags I an acre that isn't on the top of Snowdon, or up a Munro(sp?) somewhere

How would that work? Get your acre on your 18th Birthday?
What about the rising population, they ain’t making any more land.

 

[primmiemoo]

the bit up top Snowdon would be ok if you could charge for admission

But every other owner of every step up to there would want paying

Could put a helipad there, maybe ...

 

[primmiemoo]

What about the rising population, they ain’t making any more land.

The Dutch know a bit about land making, though?

 

[Tarw Coch]

The Dutch know a bit about land making, though?

Don’t think the enviviromentalists would appreciate the creation of their acre.

 

[glasshouse]

True. We wouldn't be here on this farm without post war socialism.



That's what I told somebody who wanted to let me another 80 acres. I'd rather do less land well, than more land worse, if you follow me.

When every spouting is clean, every roof water tight and every drain running as it should, every fence made good, all the spraying and spreading up to date, all the stock shiny and polished then I'll consider taking on more land. Give me another 20 years.

If more folk thought the same, the world would be a better place

 

[Lexion1000]

We farmers owe much to socialism which dismantled the great estates after ww1 and 2
With taxation and removed the right to evict so creating stable AHA tenancies with rent control.
Without socialism , you might never have got to buy land at all,
You can add the nhs and free education too

Quite right, our farm was bought in 1920ish after a big estate broke up. It’s funny though, I don’t want a socialist government despite the opportunity it brought to my family in the past. It probably makes me a huge hypocrite but I think once you have something you want to defend it, it’s just human nature.

 

[glasshouse]

Quite right, our farm was bought in 1920ish after a big estate broke up. It’s funny though, I don’t want a socialist government despite the opportunity it brought to my family in the past. It probably makes me a huge hypocrite but I think once you have something you want to defend it, it’s just human nature.

Blow the bridge, i am across it.

 

[glasshouse]

Quite right, our farm was bought in 1920ish after a big estate broke up. It’s funny though, I don’t want a socialist government despite the opportunity it brought to my family in the past. It probably makes me a huge hypocrite but I think once you have something you want to defend it, it’s just human nature.

Well said
There are very few willing to admit uncomfortable facts like that

 

[Robw54]

I'm bamboozled...how is it that simply owning land earns you all this untaxed money?

The saleable value might be going up -or down- but the taxman is waiting for you there too.

A land tax might be justifiable in some form, but what would come from Emperor Corbyn will be an attack on people richer than him on general principals.

Capital gains is far less than income tax when i last looked.

Corby will go after the 80k a year lot, they are not rich when u look at the tax take. Their entire income would buy only a few acres of land after tax.

The system is completely broken.

 

[David.]

Unsure if this is appropriate, but I feel moved to mention the devastating tragic loss suffered by the Danish born Scottish landowners, Mr Holch Povlsen and his wife. The Sri Lanka attacks have claimed the lives of three of their four children.
Leave aside the questions about his ownership of, and his plans for rewilding the Scottish estates.
Let's take a moment to contemplate the sheer awfulness of what has happened.
I have kids who fortunately all get on well, and who usually all holiday together with their partners, and when I heard the news on the tractor just now, I have to say it pulled me up short.

 

[An Gof]

Unsure if this is appropriate, but I feel moved to mention the devastating tragic loss suffered by the Danish born Scottish landowner Mr Holch Povlsen and his wife. The Sri Lanka attacks have claimed the lives of three of their children.
Leave aside the questions about his ownership of, and his plans for rewilding the Scottish estates.
Let's take a moment to contemplate the sheer awfulness of what has happened.
I have kids who fortunately all get on well, and who all holiday together with their partners, and when I heard the news on the tractor just now, I have to say it pulled me up short.

Like you I heard that news on the tractor ...... some items make a big impact on you ..... truly tragic

 

[David.]

Fate takes no account of how wealthy we might be, and it is well to remember it.

 

[glasshouse]

Unsure if this is appropriate, but I feel moved to mention the devastating tragic loss suffered by the Danish born Scottish landowners, Mr Holch Povlsen and his wife. The Sri Lanka attacks have claimed the lives of three of their four children.
Leave aside the questions about his ownership of, and his plans for rewilding the Scottish estates.
Let's take a moment to contemplate the sheer awfulness of what has happened.
I have kids who fortunately all get on well, and who usually all holiday together with their partners, and when I heard the news on the tractor just now, I have to say it pulled me up short.

A terrible loss for them., though i disagree with their policies

 

[caveman]

Terrible events.
Just heard on the radio, that it's estimated that the Povisen family own about 1% of Scotland by area theirselves.

 

[Roger Perry]

Fate takes no account of how wealthy we might be, and it is well to remember it.

Indeed, I often remark to anyone who will bother to listen to me that if you make a list of the top 10 most important things in life I can pretty much guarantee that money will not be on that list.............think about it.........

 

[NZDan]

What % of the population own aeroplanes?

 

[glasshouse]

Fate takes no account of how wealthy we might be, and it is well to remember it.

The wealthy tend to get into more dangerous places.

 

[Highland Mule]

Terrible events.
Just heard on the radio, that it's estimated that the Povisen family own about 1% of Scotland by area theirselves.

221,000 acres, so just over 1% by my maths.

(Scotland is around 31,000 square miles, which is roughly 20 million acres)

 

[glasshouse]

221,000 acres, so just over 1% by my maths.

(Scotland is around 31,000 square miles, which is roughly 20 million acres)

I cant go to denmark and buy even 22 acres.
Polson will pay Danish land tax on his scottish estates