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Shooting Tax Nonsense
'The Ferret' has published an article based on 'research' conducted by Scottish Greens MSP Andy Wightman on Shooting Rates and how it is apparently wrong for there to be a shooting rates exemption - known as Small Business Bonus Scheme (SBBS) - available for small businesses and landholdings. Sounds daft? Then read on…
Proposed Scottish Green Party Legislation
The SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY wants to ban all fox, hare and potentially other wild mammal control in Scotland. Alison Johnstone MSP is looking to draft a Private Member’s Bill and has launched a public consultation exercise to that end. As reckless as this proposed legislation might sound to anyone with a basic grounding in the realities of the natural world and farming, we cannot ignore this threat and need to respond robustly and intelligently…