The Tory party is so desperate for members it considered offering people who join up a Nando's discount, it was reported today.

Party chiefs were said to be considering the drastic move to woo the young amid fears they'll will be "finished for a generation".

But the spicy chicken chain brutally rejected the prospect today in a statement distancing itself from the idea.

A spokesman told the Mirror: "We have no political affiliations.

"There is and will not be a political discount card."

It comes as top Tories Michael Gove and Ruth Davidson launch a fresh drive tonight to try and persuade young people to join the party.

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The Conservatives have just 124,000 members, less than a quarter of the 552,000 members of the Labour Party.

The party appointed the MP Ben Bradley - who suggested jobless people should have vasectomies - as its vice-chairman for youth in a bid to turn round its woes.

Ahead of the Onward think tank launch, Theresa May’s former advisor Will Tanner warned: "If we don’t we will forfeit our political relevance and be finished for at least a generation."

According to The Times, the proposed discount system could also offer cut-price deals on other food and clothes.

A source told the newspaper: “The discount card is a very real possibility.

"These are early discussions: we don’t know how many businesses would want to take part, but we’re keen to give members more in return for their membership."

Tory party membership costs £25 a year or a £5 rate for those under 23.

A Labour "sauce", spelt that way on the source's insistence, said: "The desperate Tories offering a Nando’s discount scheme was always a peri peri stupid idea."

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A Nando's spokesman added: "We have a Nando’s loyalty card and standard gift cards that anyone can use, and we offer a 20% discount to Police, Fire Services, Ambulance service and NHS staff."