Having grown up on Guernsey and been to Sark several times, I have a slightly less romantic view of the island. The Sarkees regard tourists as another form of cattle, there to be milked. Everything costs, and by the time you have paid for seats on the toast rack, bike hire for the day, lunch, and of course the boat fare, its quite an expensive day out.

The bit about the Barclay brothers is actually a bigger issue than this article really makes out. The Barclays are buying Sark property whenever it becomes available and then simply closing it. See for instance https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-30035969 and https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/01/barclay-brothers-t.... Given that the Barclays could buy the whole of Sark out of pocket change were it to become available, this is as clear an example of economic bullying as any I have ever seen. I'm surprised that a Marxist outlet like this didn't make more of it.