We have only ourselves to blame for the UK’s land monopoly | Letters

The most effective way to neutralise its power would be through land value taxation, writes John Digney, while Robin Gutch recalls an 18th-century landowner who moved a villageWhile we might fume at the eviction of a whole village by its landlord, we only have ourselves to blame for allowing such power to remain in the hands of so few (An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England, 28 June). Even socialist governments have balked at dealing with the issue of land monopoly, and we have failed to hold them to account.In 1909, when landed power was largely synonymous with the aristocracy, Tom Johnston, later to become secretary of state for Scotland, noted that land titles had originally been created “either by force or fraud”. He urged the people to “shatter the romance that keeps the nation numb and spellbound while privilege picks its pocket”. Continue reading...

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