A few years ago I was sitting next to a leading Scottish builder at a black tie function. He explained his work succinctly: “Any fool can build houses. Any fool can sell them.
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Andy Wightman: The Poor Had No Lawyers - Who Owns Scotland (And How They Got It) (Birlinn)
A provocative book doesn’t hold back its criticism of how Scotland’s land have been divvied up by the rich and powerful.
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