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Scots go to the polls on Thursday after nine years of Tory Government.

David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson have presided over austerity, a fall in living standards and cuts to vital public services.

They have also defended awful policies that have taken money off the poor and vulnerable.

For the last three years, the country has also been distracted by Brexit - a Tory obsession few people cared about before the referendum.

Here are 59 reasons - one for every seat north of the border - for making Scotland a Tory-free zone.

1. 240,000 kids living in poverty in Scotland as a result of heartless Tory policies.

2. The “under-occupancy penalty”, otherwise known as the hated bedroom tax.

3. “Live in tents” - the solution Tory candidate Lee Anderson proposed for nuisance tenants.

4. The vile rape clause.

5. 135,000: the number of kids who are homeless in Tory Britain.

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6. MSP Michelle Ballantyne saying people on benefits cannot have “as many children as they like”.

7. Tory MP Kwasi Kwarteng shrugging off the plight of a brain-damaged teen who faced losing her home as a “sad story”.

8. “Strong and stable Government” - what the Tories promised in 2015, but then gave us four years of chaos and national humiliation.

9. “Record employment” - Tory spin for hundreds of thousands of workers being trapped on zero hour contracts.

10. Food bank Britain: low paid workers not earning enough to feed their families.

11. “All in it together” - the Tories put the brakes on public spending while cutting the top rate of income tax.

12. “Tighten our belts” - preaching austerity while finding the money for an inheritance tax cut for the rich.

13. Forcing disabled people to jump through hoops to qualify for meagre benefits.

14. Suspending Tory MPs who questioned the Prime Minister’s flawed Brexit strategy.

15. Johnson cosying up to President Trump - a racist demagogue who BoJo sees as a kindred spirit.

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16. Creating a “hostile environment” for immigrants living in the UK.

17. Presiding over a system of “deregulation” that led to the Grenfell tragedy.

18. The heartbreak of the Windrush scandal.

19. Failing to get to grips with Islamophobia in the Conservative party.

20. Johnson using a newspaper column to compare Muslim women to letterboxes.

21. Backing “voter id” at polling stations - a ruse used by the US Republicans to depress African American turnout.

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22. Parliamentary “boundary reform” - another Tory con to make it easier for Johnson to secure a majority.

23. Increasing stop and search, despite there being no evidence it leads to a reduction in crime.

24. Scrapping housing benefit for 18-21 year olds - another attack on the rights of young people.

25. Getting rid of maintenance grants for poorer students.

26. Passing the hypocritical Trade Union Act, which makes it harder for workers to take industrial action against bad bosses.

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27. Abolishing child poverty targets because soaring rates embarrass wealthy Tory Ministers.

28. Giving Holyrood stingy increases to its block grant and ensuring austerity is a daily reality for Scots.

29. Introducing exorbitant fees - later declared illegal - for workers to bring an employment tribunal case.

30. Freezing the wages of hard-working public servants.

31. Johnson declining to say how many children he has fathered, while requiring benefit claimants to answer intrusive questions about their family life.

32. Johnson refusing to look at the photo of a four year old child who was lying on the floor of an NHS hospital.

33. Johnson making reckless comments about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, which have led to her continued detention in Iran.

34. Tory MP Gavin Williamson getting fired from the Cabinet amid a suspected national security leak, but returning months later.

35. Priti Patel resigning from the Cabinet over private meetings with Israeli politicians, but being given a second chance by Johnson.

36. Johnson giving a top Government role to Vote Leave chief Dominic Cummings, who refused to give evidence to a Commons committee.

37. Blocking the publication of a report into Russian interference in the UK’s democracy.

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38. Johnson suggesting he wants to axe the BBC license fee.

39. Interim Scots Tory leader Jackson Carlaw downplaying austerity by saying there is a “certain amount” of poverty.

40. Johnson lying to the Queen.

41. Johnson refusing to meet ordinary voters in Scotland on the streets.

42. Threatening the UK with a ruinous no-deal Brexit in order to appease Tory headbangers.

43. Andrew Mitchell resigning from the Cabinet over claims he called the police “plebs”.

44. Alun Cairns standing down as a Cabinet minister over claims he knew about a former aide’s role in the “sabotage” of a rape trial.

45. Damian Green resigning from the Cabinet after making “misleading” statements about pornography allegations.

46 Andrew Griffiths quitting as a Minister after bombarding female constituents with sexual text messages.

47. Trying, and failing, to slash tax credits for the working poor.

48. Creating misery for thousands of families with the botched introduction of Universal Credit.

49. The Scottish Tory party’s craven capitulation to Johnson.

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50. The privatisation of the Royal Mail.

51. Signing a now-cancelled contract for post-Brexit ferries with a firm that didn’t own any ferries.

52. Trying to bring back fox hunting - a move so unpopular even Johnson has abandoned it.

53. David Cameron linking extra powers for Holyrood to ‘English votes for English laws’.

54. Candidate Darren Henry suggesting people using food banks struggle with managing their budget.

55. Johnson ally Ross Thomson being accused of multiple sexual assaults.

56. Tory MP Gordon Henderson saying he “personally can’t do anything” about child poverty in his area.

57 Chris Grayling.

58 Esther McVey.

59 Jacob Rees-Mogg.