Tag Archives: land

Kinder Trespassers ‘would today be kettled and labelled extremists’

Bob Smith, EditorMonday 25 April 2016 01:57 PM GMT If the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass took place in 2016, its participants would likely have been kettled before getting out of the car park and labelled extremists, an outdoors expert said. … Continue reading

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A radical British politics rooted in nature is spreading – and the establishment doesn’t like it

From right to roam to anger over polluted rivers, a new breed of activists is pushing back against environmental destruction Sun 21 Apr 2024 13.00 Something very interesting is happening in the UK, to do with nature, the expanses of … Continue reading

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A Short History of Enclosure in Britain

Simon Fairlie describes how the progressive enclosure of commons over several centuries has deprived most of the British people of access to agricultural land. The historical process bears little relationship to the “Tragedy of the Commons”, the theory which ideologues … Continue reading

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