Going back to the top of this thread, the reason that I think a reduction of Scottish APD would be "absurd" is because 1/ pax growth at at least EDI and GLA currently very strong and doesn't need extra stimulation and 2/ the SNP make much noise about how Westminster should "end austerity", increase taxes and spending so why cut a tax Holyrood controls? Also, given the SNP's left leaning politics it is proposing cutting a tax that only affects the better off. The poorest in society only see a plane when one flies overhead.