As Scotland is on the eve of further hate crime nonsense much has been written about it from an essentially negative point of view.

UKIP are the only party which expressly states that we shall repeal the 2010 Equality Act and get rid of any so called "hate crime" legislation which criminalises actions which are not actually criminal.

Subjective approaches to "hate" are rather like subjective approaches to "bad manners". We all have our own individual ideas about what these abstract concepts amount to.

They should not be the business of the law or the police.

On the other hand, we do not need to cluck like nervous hens when such legislation is proposed.

A firm UK Independence vote as a General Election approaches will put this puerile nonsense where it belongs-into the nearest recycling receptacle.

Donald MacKay

UK Independence Party Scotland