Radical should mean radical

The SNP conference last week went more or less according to script – that is until a young party member took to the stage during a debate on land reform.  Nicky Lowden MacCrimmon was of the view that the Scottish Government has been backing off its stated commitment to radical land reform. As a result, he and 569 other delegates decided that the conference motion to congratulate the Scottish Government for its efforts on land reform was a tad premature. Andy Wightman’s blog on this includes a powerful piece from Channel 4.