Colin Smyth: "The failure to deliver has left Dumfries and Galloway, once again, Scotland's forgotten region"

Labour MSP Colin Smyth has written exclusively for Farmers Guardian on Scottish Government's decision not to proceed with Galloway and Ayrshire as the location for Scotland's third National Park

Chris Brayford
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Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, said: "This was not just a rejection of the Park. It was a rejection of any plan for the region's future. We have been left with nothing."
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Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, said: "This was not just a rejection of the Park. It was a rejection of any plan for the region's future. We have been left with nothing."

Imagine a National Park designed not in Edinburgh, but in Galloway. One that worked with farmers and foresters, not against them. That was the vision many held by many. Galloway National Park...

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