Scottish Conservatives are facing an electoral rout and total wipeout at the next general election with both the SNP and Scottish Labour profiting from the party’s collapse, a new poll shows today.
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  Scottish Tories heading for total wipeout as Labour gains, exclusive poll shows  
     
  Scottish Conservatives are facing an electoral rout and total wipeout at the next general election with both the SNP and Scottish Labour profiting from the party’s collapse, a new poll shows today.  
     
Scottish Tories heading for total wipeout as Labour gains, exclusive poll shows
     
   
     
 
Analysis: Poll figures demonstrate constitutional malaise under which Scottish politics strains
Analysis: Poll figures demonstrate constitutional malaise under which Scottish politics strains
 
Dig out a thesaurus and you can find many words to describe the latest polling numbers for the Scottish Conservatives.
 
     
 
Nursing union ballots members on strikes for the first time in 100 year history
Nursing union ballots members on strikes for the first time in 100 year history
 
Nursing leaders have said they had “no option” but to ask members to go out on strike for the first time in their union’s 100-year history.
 
     
 
‘Perform storm’ warning for Scottish arts sector amid fears of ‘significant’ funding cuts
‘Perform storm’ warning for Scottish arts sector amid fears of ‘significant’ funding cuts
 
Scotland's national arts agency says "significant" cuts are likely to be made in its annual funding from the Scottish Government amid growing fears of a “perfect storm” engulfing the cultural sector over the next few months.
 
     
 
Sustainable Scotland: How a craft distillery in Perthshire is bottling a taste of the wild and boosting nature recovery
Sustainable Scotland: How a craft distillery in Perthshire is bottling a taste of the wild and boosting nature recovery
 
A boutique distillery with one foot in the Highlands and one in the Lowlands is using hand-picked local botanicals to bottle a taste of wild Scotland while working to boost nature.
 
     
 
Covid Scotland: Almost £300,000 owed as Scots refuse to pay coronavirus breaches penalty
Covid Scotland: Almost £300,000 owed as Scots refuse to pay coronavirus breaches penalty
 
     
 
Rise of disturbing material on social media highlights lack of mental healthcare in UK – Laura Waddell
Rise of disturbing material on social media highlights lack of mental healthcare in UK – Laura Waddell
 
     
 
John Swinney denies 'political interference' in Scottish Covid inquiry following resignations
John Swinney denies 'political interference' in Scottish Covid inquiry following resignations
 
     
 
Janet Christie’s Mum’s the Word – Human or furry, babies require 24-hour care
Janet Christie’s Mum’s the Word – Human or furry, babies require 24-hour care
 
     
     
     
   
     
     
     
   
   
   
 
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