The party’s popularity has been in freefall for years but its members appear to have only recently woken up to the ­calamitous situation they are in.

There is less than a month until the General Election and a sense of panic is gripping the party.

Rishi Sunak’s false claim that Labour was set to impose a £2000 tax rise on working people bought him a few cheap headlines.

But a swift rebuttal from the Treasury left the PM and his supporters cleaning up another mess of their own making.

Such incidents just fuel the growing perception among the public that some politicians simply cannot be trusted.

The behaviour of the Scottish ­Conservatives yesterday was another example. Douglas Ross has faced years of accusations from his opponents that he’s not committed to his job as an MSP.

That’s because he’s divided........

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