These shooting estates emerged during feudalism where the entitlement to land came with corresponding duties (to fight for the king), and they were largely stolen from the commons.
The landowners have retained all the benefits and discarded the duties.
They have no legitimate right to these lands. They should be returned to the commons. Ideally this would come about through heavy taxation but if the landowners break the law like this their right to the land is forfeited .
And I bet there will be no prosecutions either.
The Tories are not a green party and not a party that prosecutes landowners. It is just like how these same estates always miraculously find dead birds of prey on their land and escape punishment every time. Committing crimes when you are rich, especially environmental crimes, is easy when you know you do not even have to be sly about them.
Peatlands are an important CO2 sink.
Whoever is burning them is releasing a lot of CO2 into the atmosphere that will take an extremely long time to transfer to ground storage through the natural cycle.
The rules don’t apply to rich people. The UK voted for this. Time and again.
Whats the motive for burning them?
It’s not a law unless it is enforced.
If not enforced, it is merely a suggestion.
The wealthy and entitled do not take kindly to suggestions that would reign in their life styles, so STFU, please. (that’s what I’m seeing)
I live in a rural Scottish community and people genuinely have their tires let down for arguing that gamekeepers shouldn’t be allowed to burn the muir. Estate owners and their employees are arrogant and entitled, and they fully believe they have a god-given right to do whatever they like with the land.
Usually the public-facing argument is that they create jobs and bring in tourist money, despite the fact that estates employ a grand total of about 2000 people across the country and grouse shooting attracts around 0.008% of Scotland’s tourism income (£100m per year in £12 billion). They’re just straight-up cunts, and they’ll never follow regulations unless the punishments are swift and severe. Ideally, the land should be taken off them and placed back in community hands.
Sattlitte data has been used for 25 years to catch farmers floating setaside rules to illegally claim a benefit they are not entitled too. These photos should be used as evidence to charge the land owner for allowing it to happen
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These shooting estates emerged during feudalism where the entitlement to land came with corresponding duties (to fight for the king), and they were largely stolen from the commons.
The landowners have retained all the benefits and discarded the duties.
They have no legitimate right to these lands. They should be returned to the commons. Ideally this would come about through heavy taxation but if the landowners break the law like this their right to the land is forfeited .
And I bet there will be no prosecutions either.
The Tories are not a green party and not a party that prosecutes landowners. It is just like how these same estates always miraculously find dead birds of prey on their land and escape punishment every time. Committing crimes when you are rich, especially environmental crimes, is easy when you know you do not even have to be sly about them.
Peatlands are an important CO2 sink.
Whoever is burning them is releasing a lot of CO2 into the atmosphere that will take an extremely long time to transfer to ground storage through the natural cycle.
The rules don’t apply to rich people. The UK voted for this. Time and again.
Whats the motive for burning them?
It’s not a law unless it is enforced.
If not enforced, it is merely a suggestion.
The wealthy and entitled do not take kindly to suggestions that would reign in their life styles, so STFU, please. (that’s what I’m seeing)
I live in a rural Scottish community and people genuinely have their tires let down for arguing that gamekeepers shouldn’t be allowed to burn the muir. Estate owners and their employees are arrogant and entitled, and they fully believe they have a god-given right to do whatever they like with the land.
Usually the public-facing argument is that they create jobs and bring in tourist money, despite the fact that estates employ a grand total of about 2000 people across the country and grouse shooting attracts around 0.008% of Scotland’s tourism income (£100m per year in £12 billion). They’re just straight-up cunts, and they’ll never follow regulations unless the punishments are swift and severe. Ideally, the land should be taken off them and placed back in community hands.
Sattlitte data has been used for 25 years to catch farmers floating setaside rules to illegally claim a benefit they are not entitled too. These photos should be used as evidence to charge the land owner for allowing it to happen