Nick Eardley
Political correspondent

If the exit polls pans out - it means one big constitutional question will be "solved’". The UK will leave the European Union under Boris Johnson.

There will be bumps along the road and negotiating a new trade deal might not be easy. But a Tory majority government will take the UK out of the EU.

If the numbers in Scotland play out, though, another constitutional clash is coming.

Senior SNP sources are telling me tonight it should force the new Tory government to concede it is up to the Scottish Parliament to decide whether it wants to hold another independence vote.

But an emboldened Conservative Party may well be tempted to say no - opposition to indyref2 has been the Scottish Tories’ main selling point since 2014.

So while Brexit might become easier to deliver - there will still be big debates over the future of the UK in the coming years.

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Tory MSP Liz Smith says Scotland had its say in 2014 and it was very clear

"People are sick to the back teeth of having referendums," she says.

Ms Smith insists Nicola Sturgeon said the independence referendum was a once in a lifetime vote and adds it should be.

She also speaks against a "Brexit rewind".

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Former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell says Jo Swinson is "young, ambitious and terribly energetic" and she took the right decision to make the Lib Dems the party of remain.

"It didn't work," he concedes.

She's been the first person to say the strategy will have to be reviewed, adds Sir Ming.

Ian Murray had the safest seat in Scotland in 2017, with a majority of over 15,000. The exit poll suggests there could potentially be an upset on the cards. Edinburgh South is one to keep an eye on as the results start coming in.

Conservative Stephen Kerr beat the SNP to this seat in 2017 with a majority of just 148 votes. The exit poll, according to our reporter on the scene, Kenneth Macdonald, indicates the nationalists will reclaim it.

Brian Taylor
BBC Scotland Political Editor

The Lib Dems casting big doubt on the exit poll. They say it does not reflect their experience in key seats. Remember those caveats.

The exit poll predicted the Lib Dems would lose all their seats in Scotland, including leader Jo Swinson.

The Liberal Democrats' Christine Jardine arrives at the Edinburgh count “confused” by the exit poll, which predicts the SNP will win 55 seats, a gain of 20 on 2017, and the Lib Dems will lose all their four.

Police are investigating an allegation of personation in the Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency.

Personation is when someone votes for someone else.

A Renfrewshire Council spokesperson said: “We have been made aware of an incident earlier today in the Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency where a member of the public arrived at a polling station to place a vote to find that it had already been cast by another member of the public.

"The matter was reported to Police Scotland and as such is now subject to a police investigation.”

In cases of suspected personation the poll clerk reports the matter to the returning officer, who tells the police.

If successfully prosecuted, the person could face up to two years in prison and a fine.

Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

The exit poll for the SNP - and thus Scotland - comes with a very large health warning. Although the SNP vote was up substantially in all sampling points, there were only 12 of them north of the border, while most seats in Scotland are highly marginal. It could easily be quite a few seats out.

All around Scotland, the first ballot boxes are arriving. Here are some of the scenes as the counting begins...

SNP Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson Joanna Cherry could face a difficult evening, if the Tories at Edinburgh South's count are correct in their suggestions.

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Here's a handy tool to explore the general election 2019 exit poll across every constituency in Great Britain.

Downton Abbey, or Stirling's Albert Halls? Our reporter Kenneth Macdonald has hit the jackpot with his posting tonight. This is the beautiful exterior of the count location for the Stirling constituency, currently held by Conservative Stephen Kerr.