The National:

THE way the Scottish Tories’ attacks on the Government in Edinburgh have been going recently one has to wonder if they have many uninjured feet left to shoot themselves in.

They started today in grand fashion, attacking the Scottish Government’s press release for referring to the “AstraZeneca vaccine”. It should, Maurice Golden MSP says, be the “Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine”.

This, Golden assures us, is what the “rest of the world knows it as”. Unfortunately for Golden, and Jackson Carlaw and all the others who leaped to condemn the Oxford omission, it seems the UK Government has done the exact same thing…

Then there’s Douglas Ross, who went into fits of fury at Scottish Government messaging which he saw to be promoting independence, only to have it pointed out that UK Government messaging was doing the precise opposite. Well, the precise same thing but on the opposite side. Not very confusing really, but apparently too confusing for Ross to grasp.

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Then there was the news of the “extra £375 million” being generously handed back to Scotland by the multi-millionaire we all pay taxes to, Rishi Sunak.

This new, extra funding was, it turned out, neither of those things.

Even the UK Government admitted as much, quietly changing its own press release overnight. Now, instead of saying the money is “on top of” the increased funding already guaranteed, that release states that the £375m will “contribute to” that already guaranteed cash.

So, have the Scottish Tories shown the same, albeit slight, grace? Will they be amending their proclamations of generosity and "extra" cash for Scotland? No. They won’t. We asked them.

So, let’s have a look at all the Scottish Tories who are happy to let their statements stand.

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The Scottish Conservatives' official Twitter feed shared this post, which was then retweeted by Tory MSPs Annie Wells, Dean Lockhart, and Miles Briggs. Tory councillor Thomas Kerr and the Glasgow Tory group page also got in on the action.

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Dean Lockhart insisted the SNP get "every penny out immediately". Shame it turned out there aren't even two coppers to rub together. 

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The leader himself (of the Scottish Tories at least, he still reports to Boris Johnson down in London of course). Ross tweeted that "for many businesses their survival depends on" this "extra" money. Since it turns out not exist, will he be lobbying the UK Government for more given how vital it is? Fat chance.

This contribution was retweeted by loyal followers including former leaders Jackson Carlaw and Ruth Davidson, Jamie Halcro Johnston MSP, councillor Thomas Kerr and the Glasgow contingent, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay. Now he at least should have known better.

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The Scottish Conservatives again. Proving that a Tory is never content with being wrong just the once.

This was retweeted by MSPs Donald Cameron, Halcro Johnston, and Miles Briggs. Holyrood candidate Susan Webber joined in too, as did Tom Tugendhat, the Tory MP for Tonbridge and Malling. 

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Andrew Bowie. A list of Tories getting things wrong would never be complete without him on it. He probably couldn't hear the UK Government's correction over those klaxons. This was retweeted by MSPs Liam Kerr and Miles Briggs.

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Maurice Golden doesn't say the money is "additional" or "extra" as the others did, but he probably thought it. Miles Briggs also shared this which puts him in the lead with four retweets. 

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Stephen Kerr may not be an MP anymore, but, well that's it. The former representative for Stirling wasn't retweeted by any of his colleagues. 

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Bonus round. Just in case you thought it was only Scotland subjected to this Tory spin, the Welsh Conservatives were at it too.

That's the Conservative leader in the Senedd Paul Davies, proving Tories are the same all over the UK.