Interesting - I hadn't know about that before. Agreed on your other points. I don't know the politics of the Egyptian reform, but colonialism still turns this

Interesting - I hadn't know about that before. Agreed on your other points. I don't know the politics of the Egyptian reform, but colonialism still turns this in to a very complex set of issue. Especially when you try and distinguish between social justice and populist politics. Again, if I recall correctly, in the early days of the land reform the UK pledged funds to allow property to be bought back from land owners. I think they even contributed GBP50 million or something (drop in the ocean admittedly), but the rest of the plan was eventually knocked back.