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If they win the election in May

Try not to swoon, ladies!

I’m not sure that they can actually do this, but they have pledged to cut the size of the Scottish Parliament, aligning the seats with those used in parliament in London, reducing the representation in Holyrood to 113. This is something that I’m pretty sure would be the business of the London parliament.

They will also regularly review its devolved powers (again, I’m thinking that that would be the prerogative of London) if they win the Holyrood elections in May, which I’d say is unlikely, but not impossible.

Their manifesto makes promises to repeal SNP “bad laws”. Presumably these would be laws passed by parliament which aren’t hard right wing in nature, care for children, older people and those who are poorer, sicker and less able.

They would also, they say, bring in changes to the way councils are funded, making them raise their own money rather than have a grant from parliament. Obviously this would involve a substantial increase in council tax.

The manifesto also rules out a further referendum for at least 10 years. Something else which I suspect would not be up to them, but to their masters in London.

They have “promised” to get rid of all “green” policies and make oil and gas the main source of energy.

Amazingly (or not amazingly) they plan to scrap public enquiries!!! Wouldn’t want anyone enquiring into them.

They want to bring the income tax more in line with England’s. And get rid of the two top bands of council tax that Scotland has and England doesn’t.

This is not surprising given that Farage’s awful man in Scotland has a rather expensive house on the banks of Loch Lomond. They will also phase out Land and Buildings Transaction Tax – the levy paid when purchasing second or subsequent homes, to make it cheaper to have more than one home. Again, this would be to the advantage of Offord.

So, something for everyone… or at least every millionaire.