Scotland, a country where 432 people posses half of the land, with the single most concentrated pattern of private ownership in the Western world, is finally demanding meaningful land reform. This has been a long time coming. Legally, Scotland only ended feudalism on the 28th of November 2004. There is now a lot of catching up to do, and a new generation of people inspired and educated during the independence referendum (from both sides of the Yes/No divide), are demanding change and taking no compromises.
To see that this isn’t simply an outgrowth of the Yes movement you only have to turn to Johann Lamont, who, as the leader of Scottish Labour, gave the following speech to parliament days after the referendum:
