Dozens of district councils could be abolished as a result – prompting some to claim it would deprive people of genuinely localised decision-making.

A consultation into abolishing the limitation of action ended in July but changes are yet to be implemented.

He has also promised to abolish several taxes - including the much-criticised electronic levy on mobile transactions and the one on the carbon emissions produced by petrol or diesel-powered vehicles.

He was initially sentenced to death, along with his co-defendant Clive Derby-Lewis, but the sentence was commuted to life sentence after South Africa abolished the death penalty.

Another tweet showing him asking constituents at an agricultural show whether they believe the Senedd should be abolished upset some Tories, who officially back devolution.