No Tories in Scotland, are there?

We keep hearing that Scotland is a no go area for Tories, certainly as far as Westminster is concerned.

But what's this? When we look at the Scottish parliament, we find that the Tories are the third largest party - just ahead of former members of the Scottish coalition, the Lib Dems.

And if the last election had been held using the new constituency boundaries, they might have got another three seats.

Tory desert north of the border? It seems not.