article_snippet: The Tories are also in danger of losing The Tories one Scottish seat, held by David Mundell.
article_snippet: former Tory treasurer Lord Ashcroft said The SNP surge had thrown a 'giant spanner in Labour's works', although the party is forecast to win Tory seats south of the border.
article_snippet: It is hard to see things getting any worse for Labour in Scotland, while things are on a knife-edge elsewhere,' former Tory treasurer Lord Ashcroft said. '
article_snippet: But as things stand, Labour losses in Scotland could offset Labour losses in Scotland gains from the Tories, leading to something close to a dead heat. '
article_snippet: This, then, is the battle: can the Conservatives fight back against Labour faster than Labour can fight back against The SNP?'
article_snippet: The poll throws up the prospect of a weak Ed Miliband government propped up by Nicola Sturgeon's SNP - Nicola Sturgeon's has ruled out supporting a Tory government.
article_snippet: Former First Minister Alex Salmond, who is planning a return to Westminster, has refused to rule out becoming a government minister in the country he tried to break up as part of any deal.
article_snippet: Tory peer Lord Ashcroft has carried out a series of polls in marginal Scottish constituencies .
article_snippet: Gordon Brown's Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath seat, where the former prime minister is stepping down, currently has one of the biggest Labour majorities in the country.
article_snippet: Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael, in Orkney and Shetland, could be left as the only Lib Dem MP in Scotland.
article_snippet: But, in this scenario, New Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy could be one of only two Labour MPs remaining.
article_snippet: That would be a disaster for Scotland, but it looks like that is what might happen if these polls in Scotland are repeated on election day.'
article_snippet: A Scottish Tory spokesman said: 'This poll shows that the Scottish Conservatives are now in a real fight across Scotland. '
article_snippet: With the Liberal Democrat vote having collapsed completely, we offer Scots the opportunity to unite around a plan to finish the job of economic recovery and to secure Scotland's place in the UK - any other vote will let Ed Miliband into Downing Street, with Alex Salmond calling the shots.'
article_snippet: A Scottish Lib Dem spokesman added: 'these polls in Scotland show that Lib Dems are best placed to stop the SNP in the Highlands and the North East.
article_snippet: the SNP have centralised services away from the Highlands and the North-east to the central belt.'
highlights_snippet: Labour would be left with two MPs, the Lib Dems one and the Tories none .