Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Oh come on Phil!It does not matter whether the money came from a Victorian arms manufacturer from Sheffield, or a modern day Russian oligarch the money that was and still is brought into rural Scotland was and still is sorely needed and rural Scotland without it would not be the place it is now.
I am sorry, Jock, if that is the impression I gave because it was not my intention. The point I was trying to make was the insecurity of the types of work offered by these estates, regardless of where their owners originated. And the situation becomes even worse when it is a syndicate that is involved where the management is transitory in the extreme. I appreciate where you are coming from, Jock, and I am sure that you are one of the (very) few who run their properties with beneficial paternalism, showering bountiful munificence upon their employees and who are able to sleep soundly as a result. Sadly not all are of that ilk and when any of the few jobs available are lost for reasons ranging from financial necessity to simply not liking someone's face, then, because a tied house is invariably involved, a whole family becomes dispossessed of their living and a roof over their heads.