For some ‘The Common Clearances’ have been the equivalent of being sent to Room 101. Many have suggested who should be sent to room 101!
When I published a post on here back in April 2016 on alleged abuse of power within the Crofting Commission I did not think for one minute it would spawn 100 further blog posts all linked to the same issue and in effect stemming from what has been dubbed ‘The Common Clearances‘. Here is a handy index to the first 101 posts. Perhaps I should have called this blog post ‘101 reasons why the Crofting Commission is not fit for purpose’ 😉 More such posts will undoubtedly follow! At least 9 are currently pending.
- Abuse of power within the Crofting Commission?
- The Common Clearances
- Crofting Commission’s appointment of Grazings Constable is illegal
- Crofting Federation hold meeting on Common Grazings Calamity
- Crofting Commission Statement on ‘Common Clearances’
- When the costs of administering a Common Grazings Fund would exceed the income
- Whose best practice?
- Claims against Mangersta Common Grazings Committee withdrawn
- Vote of no confidence in Crofting Commission and calls for their Convener to stand aside pending the outcome of a full external enquiry
- No let up on the Common Clearances crisis whilst on holiday!
- ‘A Menacing Presence’
- Common Grazings and the Spirit of the Law
- Crofting Commissioner Resigns over situation the Scottish Government and Crofting Commission need to sort out
- Crofting Commission deletes its history
- The deleted Crofting Commission post
- Crofting Commission must be audited “and we do mean a full audit”
- Pressure mounts for a full investigation of the Crofting Commission
- It’s been 125 years
- Crofting Commission flouts the will of Parliament
- The Emperor’s New Clothes
- The Commission is for turning
- Yes Crofting Minister
- Ignore the law and the lawyers
- You might think that, I couldn’t possibly comment
- Crofting Crossroads
- Dismissed before you can resign
- Back to the Future of Crofting
- Grazings Constables Risk the Clink
- Carry on Grazings Constable
- Reports from a ‘Grazing Constable’
- The Chief Grazings Constable
- Crofting Commission knew they were acting illegally in appointing Grazings Constables
- Grazings Constables were added to the Sump by the Crofting Commission
- Time for Kennedy to go
- Grazings Puppets
- Keystone Crofting Cops
- ‘Allo ‘allo ‘allo… what’s all this then?
- Lewis and Harris Crofters’ Meeting
- Who pays the Grazings Constables?
- How much are Grazings Constables paid?
- The cost of the Common Clearances
- Crofting Convener must go
- A “big step” or a just step?
- Cabinet Secretary “wholly disagrees” with Crofting Commission Convener
- Fudged response from Crofting Commission
- Decisions “have been divisive, unacceptable and not in line with crofting law”
- Statement by Crofting Commission gets no better in Gaelic
- Crofting Convener seeks to stop SRDP funding for Common Grazings
- Who calls the shots at the Crofting Commission?
- Lacklustre response by Crofting Commission
- Croft Wars: Return of the Committee
- Croft Wars: The Constable Strikes Back
- Who are we supposed to believe?
- Not a Grazings ‘gamechanger’
- Crofters and Lawyers
- The Wrong Grazings Committee!
- What the Grazings ‘Constable’ didn’t do
- Crofting VATgate
- Catriona moves on from herding the Commissioner(s)
- Inspector Constable
- The Crofting Bat Phone
- Conflict of Interest at Upper Coll
- A chair fit for a Crofting Convener
- Twitter Hashtags poke fun at Crofting Convener
- New Grazings Committee formed at Upper Coll
- The Scottish Farmer adds balance to the tales of the Upper Coll ‘Constable’
- Crofting is about People
- Crofters, Lawyers, VAT and a Grazings ‘Constable’
- Constable Propaganda
- The T-1000 Grazings ‘Constable’
- Decisive Ministerial intervention in crofting crisis is now required
- Grazings ‘Constable’ must stand aside or be removed
- Brown Envelopes at the Crofting Commission?
- Croft Wars: A New Hope
- Crofting Convener in Hiding
- Crofting Commission must “swiftly resolve” Common Grazings Crisis
- Scottish Farmer confused over Common Grazings Crisis
- Kennedy walks out of Brora meeting and remaining Commissioners apologise and call for his resignation
- Crofting Premonition
- Souter to step down “as soon as possible”
- Kennedy refuses to adhere to the law
- Few tears should be shed
- Crofting Farce
- Shackles lifted on Murdo Maclennan
- First Minister answers questions on “intolerable” Convener
- Either he Jumps or he will be Pushed
- Kennedy stays in post and seeks legal advice
- Sunday Politics Scotland: Chaos on the Croft
- Has the Convener lost his memory?
- Crofting Federation call on the Commission’s Convener to be ousted
- An elective despotism is not the Crofting Commission we fought for
- Kennedy says hell will freeze over before he resigns and that the Cabinet Secretary for Crofting should stand down!
- Radio Crofting GaGa
- Bad penny?
- Colin Kennedy and the Holy Grail
- Crofting Law whilst in Milan
- The end game?
- The Cross-Party Elephant?
- Why are the Crofting Commissioners not meeting?
- A Crofting Cabal?
- Secret meeting declares Brora meeting valid
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It is good when you can finally put things in order, as they happened..in writing..in front of the world, I say well done Brian, what you have done in a few months it has taken me years to do, to come to terms with and to finally put an end to,
everything in order, as it must be, time too the Crofting Commission & the Scottish Government did the same.. put their books in order so that those who rule the roost over Crofting can do so in a clear unambiguous manner..our government and their agents must not be corrupt, it must be clear, concise and transparent..otherwise, Crofters everywhere will never be able to sleep easy..