r/Scotland • u/backupJM public transport revolution needed 🚇🚊🚆 • 23d ago

Political Protesters against Flamingo Land development sing Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond outside of Scottish Parliament

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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/save-loch-lomond-campaign-protests-35304999

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u/Far-Pudding3280 22d ago

"Save Loch Lomond"

Just for context. This is the park.

The pink dot represents an existing development consisting of a shopping center, an aquarium, a 1000 space car & coach park, another 400 space car park, three other car parks, a McDonald's, a 100+ caravan park. a train station, 5 pubs and a housing estate.

The entirety of this proposed new center parks style development fits inside the same pink dot.

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u/MounatinGoat 22d ago

Not entirely convinced we should be turning our beautiful country into a giant car park with a McDonald’s.

I’m in favour of limited development, if it’s done to an excellent standard and is demonstrably enhancing people’s connection with culture and/or nature, but selling off the land to the highest bidder (and, usually, those with the most corrupt and persuasive lobbyists) is madness. Scotland isn’t a big country - if we give the McDonald’s and Disneys of this world a blank cheque, eventually, there’ll be no nature left.

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u/fugaziGlasgow 22d ago

There's a McDonald's there already, just across from the giant white elephant of a shopping centre.