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THE Scotland Office makes sure to stay in tow with Downing Street at every turn.

This is most evident when it comes to incompetence and contempt for Scotland.

Both are on show in the Scotland Office’s latest mishap.

The official UK Gov Scotland account has been caught liking a tweet which suggests Scotland will go “cap in hand” to Westminster if the economy crashes.

The tweet was removed from the page after it had been flagged up on social media.

Posted by Twitter user Matt Williams, it reads: “Welsh and Scottish 'governments' must be wetting themselves. Held up as heroes for continuing 'lockdown' knowing that when the inevitable economic collapse comes they can go cap in hand and ask Westminster to sort it.”

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The like was quickly picked up on by independence supporters.

“Interesting tweet for the zombie Scotland Office to be promoting,” wrote one Twitter user.

“This is what taxpayers get back from the nigh £1 million UK gov (publicly funded) bill for Tory spin doctors in Scotland.”

Former SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson posted: “Remarkable to see what the OFFICIAL UK Government Twitter account in Scotland is promoting.

“Having departed from the four-nation approach to coronavirus they’re now ‘liking’ message trolling Scottish and Welsh governments. Still there to see at @UKGovScotland.”

A UK Government spokesperson said: "This was an obvious error and has been ‘liked’ by accident at an exceptionally busy time.

"The ‘like’ has since been removed."