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Your top Sunday stories ☀️ New inheritance tax for farmers may mean bad news for Scotland's land Corporates may buy up even more of Scotland’s land as a result of the Labour government’s new inheritance tax on farmland, it has been warned ... Povlsen, pines and power: Why are the super-rich buying up Scotland? ANDY Wightman is dispirited by his investigations into land reform efforts in Scotland. Rhoda Meek: Farmers are the ones being left with diddly squat "Not right in the head.” That’s how Cammy from the Sheep Game described farmers this week. And he’s absolutely right. From my small-scale experience, you do have to be off your rocker ... Neal Ascherson: Scotland needs to take an 'as if' approach I WAS tidying old papers when I came to a faded “1979” folder. Remember what a bad year that was, for those who believed in a self-governing Scotland? Laird beats Scottish Government's land reform efforts, says leading campaigner A LOWLANDS laird has redistributed more land than the Scottish Government since its creation and current efforts on land reform are doomed to failure, according to a leading campaigner. Gerry Hassan: The battle for our future WE are nearly five months into this Labour Government – elected after 14 years of Tory government mired in scandal, division and failure which the public were desperate to see the back of ... John Swinney to 'set out vision for Scotland' in St Andrew's Day speech The First Minister is set to “lay out his vision for Scotland” in an upcoming St Andrew’s Day speech ...

🗣 To blether about on Sunday Rhoda Meek: Farmers are the ones being left with diddly squat "Not right in the head.” That’s how Cammy from the Sheep Game described farmers this week. And he’s absolutely right. From my small-scale experience, you do have to be off your rocker ... David Pratt: Is Russia's latest move a reckless escalation or into the endgame? An old Russian proverb has it that “appetite comes with eating”. It’s a saying that could well apply right now to the current strategic and geopolitical situation regarding Russia’s war in Ukraine ... Gerry Hassan: The battle for our future WE are nearly five months into this Labour Government – elected after 14 years of Tory government mired in scandal, division and failure which the public were desperate to see the back of ... Alyn Smith: The key roles in EU Parliament election for Scotland to keep an eye on It would be safe to say the European Parliament hearings of the EU commissioners-designate have not generated many headlines this side of the North Sea, or indeed anywhere outside the EU Brussels bubble, but that does not mean they are not an important and useful process ... Pat Kane: I’m A Celebrity can tell us more about our society than you might think Having never properly watched I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here, it seems properly imperious of me to catch the series as most critics are gunning for its demise ... Read more

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