A Tory MP has said his party has been written off ahead of next year’s Holyrood elections, but he insists the Conservatives will “confound expectations and have a positive result”.

Scottish shadow secretary Andrew Bowie told STV News on Tuesday that he has confidence the party can make a comeback.

“The Scottish Conservatives have been written off at every electoral event before I was even involved in politics, and we’re being written off again,” he said.

“We’ve confounded expectations before, and we’ll confound them again. I’m absolutely positive we’ll have a positive result for Russell Findlay and the Conservative party next May.”

Bowie said the party would set out its vision for Scotland in more detail in the run up to the election, but he said it would include tax cuts and plans for

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