<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Rifkind akatanga kumirira Paramende, asina kubudirira, muna 1970 mudunhu reEdinburgh Central. Akapinda muParamende muna Kukadzi 1974 musarudzo huru achimiririra Edinburgh Pentlands yeScottish Conservative uye Unionist Party. Mukati mesarudzo dzokutungamirira muna 1975, akatsigira Edward Heath mumutambo wokutanga asi apo Heath akabvisa Rifkind akavhotera Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher, pakuva mutungamiri, akagadza Rifkind mutauriri wepamberi-webhenji weScottish Affairs. Iye akazobvisa pachinzvimbo ichocho pamwe neShadow Scottish Secretary, Alick Buchanan-Smith achipokana nesarudzo yeShadow Cabinet yekuvhota vachipesana neBill yeHurumende yeScottish Assembly. Rifkind akataura kuti sezvo, panguva iyoyo, Conservative Party yakatsigira nheyo yeScottish Assembly, zvingadai zvakave zviri nani kana kuvhota kweChipiri Kuverenga kweBill kana kurega, uye kuedza kuvandudza Bhiri. Mumakore akatevera  <response>: Referendum pamusoro peScottish Assembly, Rifkind akavhotera, asi akabvisa rutsigiro rwake apo mugumisiro werondedzero wakaratidza kuti Scotland yakakamurwa zvakaenzana pamusoro pechirongwa. 