‘Creating a Just Scotland’: tax and land reform
Joyce Taylor-Richards reports on an event offering radical solutions
Scottish Quakers, through the Parliamentary Liaison Function Group, held a symposium on 29 October on the subject of tax and land reform. At 10 o’clock on a Saturday morning it was a surprise and a joy to see that the hall was packed with over 180 people wanting to hear about and discuss ways we can create a fairer Scotland. There were about forty Quakers in the audience, including several Britain Yearly Meeting staff members. Such was the crowd that the symposium had to be relayed to the adjoining book fair so that everyone who wanted could hear the proceedings. Three excellent speakers – Lesley Riddoch, journalist and broadcaster; Richard Murphy, tax campaigner and Quaker; and Andy Wightman, a writer on land reform and a Green MSP – came from different perspectives to give compelling arguments about how we create a fairer society.
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