Why does this matter? Somebody&#x27;s going to own the land. If English people don&#x27;t want foreign companies owning it, then they should make that illegal. If they don&#x27;t have a stranglehold on who must pay tax to the UK government then they should tax something else they they do have control over instead. If these things have side effects that are even worse then welcome to the free market - you have to make yourself attractive to taxpayers if you want them to come and pay tax.<p>Australian have similar concerns. They don&#x27;t like rich foreigners buying their property. Yet somehow they still allow it.