The endpublished at 22:00 British Summer Time 8 April 2015
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Scotland's main political leaders took part in the first of two BBC Scotland debates ahead of the 7 May General Election
Scottish Labour's Jim Murphy; Willie Rennie for the Scottish Liberal Democrats; the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon and Ruth Davidson for the Scottish Tories answered questions
They were joined by Patrick Harvie, joint leader for the Scottish Green Party, and David Coburn, Scotland's UKIP spokesman
The debate took place before an audience gathered at Elphinstone Hall in Aberdeen
Deirdre Kelly, Andrew Black and Doug Kennedy
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Ms Sturgeon attacks Mr Coburn's "narrow-minded" attitude and says he is a disgrace. Ms Davidson supports the comments, but says the UK can still get a better deal out of Europe.
Peter Owen tweets, external: Sturgeon is getting a real reality check tonight. #leadersdebate
Debs tweets, external: #leadersdebate Jim you were asked about joining forces with SNP... no answer
Mr Coburn says it's time to leave the EU, because 70% of decisions which affect the UK are made by an unelected commission.
Mr Murphy says the election is a choice between a Labour government and a Tory government.
Mr Coburn says his party would be against anyone wanting to "break up" the UK. Ms Sturgeon says she's relieved that she's not in agreement with UKIP.
Ms Sturgeon says you can change the policy direction of governments without bringing them down. Mr Murphy says the way to avoid the horse trading is by voting Labour. (Ms Davidson says the same goes for her party).
Brian Mathuna tweets, external: Lib dem guy has a great sense of humour tbf to him. Dark humour about damage tuition fees did. #leadersdebate
Ms Sturgeon says the SNP won't vote for further spending cuts in the next parliament or back a replacement for Trident nuclear weapons.
Ms Sturgeon says there is a "triple lock" on independence - "material change", its insertion in the 2016 manifesto and the vote itself.
Ms Sturgeon says this election is not about another independence referendum. She said something "material" would have to change, like the Tories trying to "drag" Scotland out of Europe, for example.
Paula McNulty tweets, external: Is there still time to set up a new party to vote for? So uninspired by this chat & seriously question the hashtag accuracy -#leadersdebate
What's the background to the Scottish independence referendum?
The Scottish independence referendum took place on 18 September last year.
The question asked was: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"
When all votes were counted, the result was 55% against independence and 45% for independence.
Ms Davidson says she's committed to the UK. She says she would not block another independence referendum, but adds the SNP says it was a once in a generation event.
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw tweets, external: The Scottish #leadersdebate is soooo much better than than the UK-wide one. Much less condescension/false posturing, I think??
Mr Rennie makes clear that he said sorry for the Lib Dem U-turn on tuition fees, but says once again the country must stay the course on economic recovery.
Jimmy Laing
Interestingly no one mentioned the over taxation of the oil industry during the oil debate.
Mr Harvie asked if the Greens are saying they won't support a government which is in favour of capitalism. He says big companies are controlling many services, and that needs to change.
Jackie Mackay
Conservatives and Lib Dems and Labour say we have the fastest growing economy and the lowest unemployment rate, yet the wages are down and the public sector workers have had no real pay rise in several years yet have sneaked taxes added into our superannuated pensions. If the wages don't go up then surely circulating cash falls, therefore businesses suffer.
Andrew Picken tweets, external: Fair play to @BBCJamesCook for calling out the awful jargon which plagues Scottish politics #leadersdebate