By there are no leases. No leases have been signed. Scotwind was a round of bidding for option agreements. Much of the criticism seems to be based on erroneous belief that these were leases

Indeed not.

Reminds me of the chat during the 2010 Euro debt crisis

indeed. land cannot be depreciated but buildings on it can as I understand it.

The majority are urban dwellers who need good housing policy, tenement law reform, fair property taxes, tackling blight etc - all aspects of land reform

And after indy they will do exactly the same. We will have a Supreme Court - indeed we already do and have always had ....