[hyndburner]

Watching the SNP Manifesto Launch this morning, I was struck with a sense of annoyance at a party with no mandate in the rest of the country could have the audacity to impose its views UK wide. No way can that be democratic.

But hold on. The last 5 years has seen a minority Conservative Government imposing its views on the rest of the UK. No mandate in Scotland to do so - only one MP in the whole country.

So anything the SNP do after the election will merely be payback time. And anyone who doesn't like it needs to campaign for a change to the political system. The SNP are simply playing the game - the same game that gave Tory and Labour Governments a mandate in past generations - to govern the WHOLE UK, despite having nowhere near the majority of voters supporting them.

And if you ever need further persuasion - read up on the imposition of the Poll Tax in Scotland in the late 80s. One of the most cynical, anti democratic pieces of legislation imposed in the UK in the 20th century.

The words 'chickens' 'coming' 'home' and 'to roost' come to mind.

And if Nicola Sturgeon is doing nothing else. she is marginalising the debate over the putrid, rabble rousing UKIP into an argument over whether they will get 2,3,or 4 seats at the election - about the same as the minority Northern Ireland parties.