Since inception, the Scottish Parliament has experienced regular sniping and spasmodic calls for abolition. An Abolish the Scottish Parliament Party is standing candidates in next month’s election. The party’s website suggests the “£100 million saved annually” could be spent on the “NHS and education” and transforming “Holyrood’s grounds into homes for veterans”. A claim strangely reminiscent of the fabled weekly £100m for the NHS that once appeared on the side of a big red bus. Some will ask if the Abolition Party’s leading lights should be out on their own, but most reasonable observers would agree Holyrood is far from perfect. The predominance of a single party for so long is a moot point. Inevitably, all parties and leaders run out of energy and ideas.