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Conservatives face electoral wipe out in Scotland as voters turn against Liz Truss

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The Conservatives face an electoral wipe out in Scotland for the second time in 25 years as polls show voters turning their backs on the party.The Tories lost all of their Scottish MPs at the 1997 general election - and the unpopularity of Liz Truss among Scots suggests such a result could happen again.

A survey of Westminster voting intentions by Savanta ComRes found Labour on 30 per cent - an increase of five points since June - while the Conservatives are on 15 per cent, down three points.The SNP is unchanged on 46 per cent - suggesting Tory voters in Scotland are switching to Labour rather than from Nicola Sturgeon's party.A separate poll by YouGov found support for the Scottish Conservatives is polling at its lowest level in eight years.The Prime Minister recorded a net satisfaction score of -70 among Scots, just a point ahead of Boris Johnson’s dismal approval rating in his final weeks in Downing Street.If repeated at a general election, the SNP could win 49 seats in Scotland, Labour seven, the Lib Dems three, and zero for the Tories.Chris Hopkins, a research director at Savanta ComRes, said: "The difference between Scottish Labour and the Scottish Conservatives, particularly in the Westminster voting intention, will be particularly striking, with the former opening up a 15 point gap and fully establishing themselves as Scotland's second party. "Given the unpopularity of the Conservatives across the rest of the UK at the moment, it's no surprise the story is similar in Scotland."However, the SNP remaining strong on 46 per cent is notable.

I would not have been surprised to see Labour potentially eat into that SNP vote share, even marginally, and the fact that they did not all-but confirms that the Labour party are

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