Episode #213 - Right To Roam

Episode 213 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download the episode directly here . This week, Craig talks to Nadia Shaikh from the Right to Roam campaign, who are seeking the same right to access land in England as we in Scotland have enjoyed by statute for over two decades and by custom for many years longer than that. They discuss how 92% of England came to be locked away from the public, some of the parallels and points of divergence between Scotland and England in this regard, the peculiar case of the "access island" where land that is technically open to the public cannot be reached without trespassing and how land access isn't just a rural issue, with cities experiencing limits to land access via parks and other greenspaces being locked behind private gates. You can learn more about the Right to Roam campaign here: More about Access Islands here: And more about private parks in London here: Common Weal's work is only possible thanks to our generous supporters who regularly donate an average of £10 per month. If you would like to help us build our vision of an All of Us First Scotland, you can do so here: The Policy Podcast would like to discuss all of Common Weal's policy papers in detail as well as other major policy stories in and around Scotland so if there are any topics that you would like to see covered or if you have an interesting policy story to tell and would like to be a guest on the show, please contact Craig at craig@common.scot You can also find us on iTunes , Spotify , Castbox , Stitcher, Tunein , iHeart Radio and other major podcast aggregators. You can also add the podcast to your RSS feed using this link: Theme Excerpts from "Hiding Your Reality" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License Support the show

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This episode is 35:14 long.

This episode was published on Jun 12, 2024.

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