Duke could use a makeover. That vest and his greasy hair aren’t doing him any favors.
How can this disgusting feudal crap still be going on?
Did someone invent a time machine? Didn’t know these feudal oxygen thiefs still exist.
He got his land by his ancestor fighting for it.
… Let him physically fight for it.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!!
This is basically Ned Kelly’s origin story
According to locals in Alnwick, The Jook is apparently getting all fretful about the amount of inheritance tax his family will have to shell out when he pops his clogs. Poor bairn.
He has a history of being a twerp.
A nice view always takes precedence over housing.
Toff. Abolish the aristocracy, redistribute their holdings.
Can’t they just compost him? He looks halfway there already to be fair.
Why do the ones who think they’re übermensch always look like… that.
Ah yes the treacherous Percys who betrayed Richard III.
Isn’t it a matter of land ownership?
Council planning permission is required to build flats but if he doesn’t want allotments surely that is his right if he owns the land?
How he got rich or acquired the land is not relevant.
There is a law surrounding land ownership deeds.
Need land ownership reform. These people contributed nothing at all in return for all that land. It’s stolen from the British people.
**English Nursery Rhyme**
“They hang the man and flog the woman
That steal the goose from off the common,
But let the greater villain loose
That steals the common from the goose.
​
The law demands that we atone
When we take things we do not own,
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who take the things that are yours and mine.”
​
circa ~1764
It’s his land, he can just say no more allotments, get off my land.
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The issue is that he can’t get planning permission for flats on that land. And he’s annoyed that the allotment folks are in opposition to the flats, cause they want to keep their allotments.
But he can just kick them off if he wants.
Guillotines when?
I am actually really in favor of the duke here, we need more housing especially in London. Think it is a much better use of the space then allotments
Everyone is calling for the end of the aristocracy which I’m all for. But before we do that, we have to decide how we handle land ownership. Otherwise places like that will end up in the hands of large corporations out to make a shit ton of money. (See Merlin Entertainment!)
My advice would be, we storm their lands, and then the buildings would be maintained by National Trust or English Heritage, whilst the lands become free to roam. A bit like it is at The Ashridge estate in Bucks.
I don’t want to see another grubby corporate giant cheapening the buildings. They need ownership for maintaining, and should be open for the public, but the grounds need to be available for people to enjoy…. NOT for building on.
At first I thought it was James Cromwell.
Come back Wat Tyler and revolt!
Some absolute knee-jerk, reactionary nonsense in this thread.
The current Duke is relative “new money” and this is the third or forth re-creation of the title which was done in the 19th century. Its not as though he is inherited his wealth from 11th century Norman’s.
The allotments are probably not the best use of the land given its location, but that is subjective.
It will all just be in a trust so inheritance tax will be nothing. Feudal systems are only gonna get worse as the wealthy buy more land and property.
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Duke could use a makeover. That vest and his greasy hair aren’t doing him any favors.
How can this disgusting feudal crap still be going on?
Did someone invent a time machine? Didn’t know these feudal oxygen thiefs still exist.
He got his land by his ancestor fighting for it.
… Let him physically fight for it.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!!
This is basically Ned Kelly’s origin story
According to locals in Alnwick, The Jook is apparently getting all fretful about the amount of inheritance tax his family will have to shell out when he pops his clogs. Poor bairn.
He has a history of being a twerp.
A nice view always takes precedence over housing.
Toff. Abolish the aristocracy, redistribute their holdings.
Can’t they just compost him? He looks halfway there already to be fair.
Why do the ones who think they’re übermensch always look like… that.
Ah yes the treacherous Percys who betrayed Richard III.
Isn’t it a matter of land ownership?
Council planning permission is required to build flats but if he doesn’t want allotments surely that is his right if he owns the land?
How he got rich or acquired the land is not relevant.
There is a law surrounding land ownership deeds.
Need land ownership reform. These people contributed nothing at all in return for all that land. It’s stolen from the British people.
**English Nursery Rhyme**
“They hang the man and flog the woman
That steal the goose from off the common,
But let the greater villain loose
That steals the common from the goose.
​
The law demands that we atone
When we take things we do not own,
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who take the things that are yours and mine.”
​
circa ~1764
It’s his land, he can just say no more allotments, get off my land.
​
The issue is that he can’t get planning permission for flats on that land. And he’s annoyed that the allotment folks are in opposition to the flats, cause they want to keep their allotments.
But he can just kick them off if he wants.
Guillotines when?
I am actually really in favor of the duke here, we need more housing especially in London. Think it is a much better use of the space then allotments
Everyone is calling for the end of the aristocracy which I’m all for. But before we do that, we have to decide how we handle land ownership. Otherwise places like that will end up in the hands of large corporations out to make a shit ton of money. (See Merlin Entertainment!)
My advice would be, we storm their lands, and then the buildings would be maintained by National Trust or English Heritage, whilst the lands become free to roam. A bit like it is at The Ashridge estate in Bucks.
I don’t want to see another grubby corporate giant cheapening the buildings. They need ownership for maintaining, and should be open for the public, but the grounds need to be available for people to enjoy…. NOT for building on.
At first I thought it was James Cromwell.
Come back Wat Tyler and revolt!
Some absolute knee-jerk, reactionary nonsense in this thread.
The current Duke is relative “new money” and this is the third or forth re-creation of the title which was done in the 19th century. Its not as though he is inherited his wealth from 11th century Norman’s.
The allotments are probably not the best use of the land given its location, but that is subjective.
It will all just be in a trust so inheritance tax will be nothing. Feudal systems are only gonna get worse as the wealthy buy more land and property.