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It may surprise you to know that "British values" is only mentioned twice in UKIP's "policies for people" document, and "illegal immigrants" just once.

UKIP do mention "parking" twice, though, smoking three times, and Europe comes up six. The party has ironed out its more lunatic policies from the old days of 2010, such as promising that the Circle tube line should be restored to being a circle.

But the latest document still has some curveballs in it. We look at some of the stranger policies from the right-wing independence party.

1. Abolishing inheritance tax

By abolishing inheritance tax we would be letting go of around £3bn each year. Where would we make up the shortfall?

Not to mention that accumulating wealth across generations is a surefire way to increase the gap between the rich and the poor.

2. Guaranteeing a job in police force, prison service or border force for people who serve in the Armed Forces for a minimum of 12 years

Working as a police officer and working in the army are quite different. Should you automatically be allowed to go from the army to working in the prison service? We're not really sure.

Lots of people who have served in the Armed Forces suffer from mental health conditions. In fact, last year statistics from the Ministry of Defence showed that mental health diagnoses had risen to 6%.

While lots of mental health conditions don't affect your ability to work in the police force, prison service or border force, we can't help but wonder whether 12 years of working in traumatising conditions might not be the best pre-requisite for dealing with extremely difficult situations.

3. Medals for every person in the armed services

Yes, you read that right. A National Service Medal for all those who have served in the armed forces - all 147,660 of them.

Is this the government, or Brownies?

4. Abolishing the Department for Culture Media and Sport

This is our favourite policy so far, because it says later in the document "UKIP recognises and values an overarching, unifying British culture". No mention of what "British culture" entails, and no mention of how, without a DCMS, this will be maintained.

Not only that, but the DCMS was responsible for the 2012 Olympics in London, a global event which showed off the best Britain has to offer.

For a party that seems to care so much about British values and maintaining its place in the world, it seems odd.

5. Changing the smoking ban to allow smoking indoors

UKIP says they will "amend the smoking ban to give pubs and clubs the choice to open smoking rooms properly ventilated and separated from non-smoking areas". This is interesting because it's a divisive political topic but also because practically, it's quite hard to ensure that there's no risk to non-smokers in pubs.

Would pubs really want to invest money in creating new rooms specifically for this? Especially six years after the smoking ban, as our smoking culture has changed and e-cigarette use is on the rise.

Hmmm, who really would like to come out of the rain and cold to smoke in pubs?