The battle for the General Election heated up today as Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson rolled the Tory bandwagon into Tayside on the back of an army tank.

Ms Davidson took the rain and the mud in her stride as she steered two Cold War army tanks through the gathered media at the Tank Driving Scotland track at Auchterhouse outside Dundee.

A spokesman for the Tory leader said she had been more than happy to take part in the driving.