Three candidates – Russell Findlay, Meghan Gallacher and Murdo Fraser – vie for top job in contest ending this Friday

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“We’ve used opposition to independence as a crutch,” says Shane Painter, the Scottish Tories’ youngest candidate in the recent, disastrous general election.

“People are fed up hearing about the constitution,” he says. “They want to know what we’ll do about farming, housing, oil and gas.”