SCOTLAND - NOT FOR SALE

Freeports

Two freeports in Scotland

Forth and

Inverness – Cromarty

An investment zone is a designated region that can house a freeport airport, towns and entire cities and rural areas under a privately governed authority.

Think of an investment zone as a room within a room, a state within a state, or a party within a party. The UK post Brexit is now like a Russian doll.

Unregulated. Outwith state and local controls.

Unlawful implementation ?

Scotland’s Freeports and Enterprise Zones have fallen far short of their ambitious promises, revealing a stark disconnect between optomistic projections and reality.

Profit sharing favours the private sector. in Forth, 85% of profits from land development have gone to private firms.

Created with secondary legislation with statutorry instruments (SIs) facing minimum scrutiny.

Power remains with Westminster. The Scottish government introdcued “Green Freeports”, the conditions of which can be overruled by Westminster at any time.

Turbocapitalism trampling democracy?

Scotland’s Freeports and investment zones threaten to irreversibly damage local communities, transferring public wealth into private hands while eroding democracy.

25 year contracts and long-term implications including legal challenges if contracts breached.

So what’s the problem

Freeports – advantages

provide specific benefits like low tariffs, optimised customs processes, and a business friendly framework that stimulates local economies and attracts global players.

Investment zones (previously SEZ)- advantages

Are strategically established to boost economic development through innovative regulations, enticing tax perks, and robust support systems that enhance international commerce. Similar to the rules in freeports.

But what benefit to the local economy. What safeguards. What accountability?

Will they deliver on their promises of economic regeneration, particularly in post Brexit Britain?

Previous experience with big projects like this suggest not. They can benefit thee people if correctly controlled and organised. However, people’s trust in government is low, and the people must hold our elected representatives to account.

We are raising the awareness of everyone in Scotland to the potential risks and consequences of each government regime being introduced right across the United Kingdom. They are surrounded in secrecy.

What can you do?

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All 12 freeports, 74 SEZs, and 200 AI Growth Zones were rubber-stamped initially under primary legislation, but secondary legislation was quickly implemented meaning the policy was not debated in Parliament, the public were cut out of the decision/notification process, and the Press including the Independent Media, were completely sidelined.

This is why no one has heard of investment zones, and why the MSM is not reporting it.

Public infrastructure is under attack from the duopoly and 700 corporations, including Blackrock, Blackstone, Deloitte, PEEL Group, Palantir, Vanguard, Chevron, and hundreds more.

This scale and offshoring presence suggest a strategic structuring consistent with minimising transparency and regulatory oversight. Blackrock bought edinburgh airport, the ports of Helixstowe, Thamesport and Harwich. They currently hold 677 registered entities at companies house, with many listing Cayman island addresses. The scale and offshoring presence suggest a strategic structrinjg consistant with minimising transparency regulatory insight.

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Should we be worried ? YES !!!!!!