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Speaking on GMS, Mr Swinney said the purpose of this election was to give Prime Minister Theresa May a stronger hand and that has been "destroyed".

"On a hard-Brexit and austerity there must be a rethink.

"Theresa May has completely lost the confidence of the country on the concept of a hard Brexit", he said.

The deputy first minister said the SNP will want to co-operate with other parties to oppose austerity but that the party will have to "reflect on a second independence referendum".

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The SNP won 35 seats - a majority of the 59 Scottish constituencies but a drop of 21 from the 56 they won in 2015.

The Tories have gone from one seat to 13.

Labour has seven Scottish MPs and the Lib Dems have four

Because the SNP had so much to lose the big news of the night is the SNP casualties:

• Alex Salmond lost to the Tories in Gordon
• Angus Robertson lost to the Tories in Moray
• John Nicolson lost to the Lib Dems in East Dunbartonshire
• Kirsten Oswald lost to the Tories in East Renfrewshire
• Richard Arkless lost to the Tories in Dumfries and Galloway

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• Eilidh Whiteford lost to the Tories in Banff and Buchan
• Steven Paterson lost to the Tories in Stirling
• Stuart Donaldson lost to the Tories in Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine
• Calum Kerr lost to the Tories in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

• Callum McCaig lost to the Tories in Aberdeen South
• Corri Wilson lost in to the Tories in Ayrshire, Carrick and Cumnock
• Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh to the Tories lost in Ochil and South Perthshire
• Mike Weir lost to the Tories in Angus

• Toni Guigliano lost to the Lib Dems in Edinburgh West
• Paul Monaghan lost to the Lib Dems in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
• Phil Boswell lost to Labour in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
• William Mullin lost to Labour in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
• George Kerevan lost to Labour in East Lothian
• Anne McLaughlin lost to Labour in Glasgow North East
• Owen Thompson lost to Labour in Midlothian
• Margaret Ferrier lost to Labour in Rutherglen and Hamilton West

Today Programme
BBC Radio 4

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Economy Secretary Keith Brown says of the general election result : "This is an absolute shambles."

Mr Brown says the election magnifies the problems of Brexit.

He says any second unnescessary election will be blamed on the person who called the first unnecessary election and that was Theresa May.

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BBC Radio 4

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Labour will seek to form a minority government because the Conservative party is not "stable".

Mr McDonnell said rivals within Mrs May's party - such as Boris Johnson and David Davis - were "on manoeuvres" for a leadership election.

He added: "So I can't see them holding together. If they do seek to do a coalition with the DUP... well, pardon the expression but someone used it during the campaign, it is a coalition of chaos."

BBC Radio Scotland

Speaking on the Good Morning Scotland programm, Deputy First Minister John Swinney said he would accept it has been a mixed night for the SNP.

Mr Swinney said the party clearly "won the election" but with "significant losses", singling out colleagues Angus Robertson, Alex Salmond and Mike Weir.

Mr Swinney said the focus on the message of saying no to a second independence referendum gained traction and that his party "felt that".

"This is a very strong result for the SNP," he said, adding that the Conservatives "hid behind" the second independence referendum argument.

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Conservative MSP Jamie Greene says there is a hung parliament and there is a "duty and an onus for all members of parliament, particularly new members of parliament, to make Brexit work."

He says: "That's why I'm pleased there are 13 Scottish Conservative MSPs going down there."

Mr Greene says Ruth Davidson accepts the result of the Brexit infeernedmum

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The FTSE 100 share index has opened higher than expected, climbing more than 1% to 7,528.32.

But the FTSE 250 - which is made up of smaller businesses - has dropped almost 0.5% to 19,649.95.

David Porter
Scotland Westminster editor

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"We know the result, there is going to be a hung parliament at Westminster, but at the moment its no exactly clear how things will play out, or indeed whether Theresa May will still be prime minister by the end of the day.

"It's been an utterly, utterly extraordinary night and an utterly disasteorus one of the prime minister. Her gamble to call an election to give her her own mandate and increase her majority has backfired spectatularly.

"Labour and it's leader Jeremy Corbyn also did far better than they dared hope.

Theresa May is now in Downing Street discussing her options.

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Sources insist the prime minister is working to form a government based on the tories having largest number of votes and seats.

They say there is no intention at this stage to resign.

But Can she survive? Either in the short term or longer term.

What are Mrs May's options? Will the conservatives be able to strike a deal with the Democratic Unionists in Northern Ireland to give them a commons majority?.

And perhaps, most important of all, what does it mean for the Brexit negotiations?

Can they still start in eleven days time as previously planned and if so who will lead them?

Or will there need to be another election later this year to try and clarify matters?

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Election night has turned out to be a night of contrasting fortunes for the Conservative and Unionist Party.

If Prime Minister Theresa May does not appear to have had a particularly good night, Ruth Davidson, the Tory leader in Scotland, certainly has.

The Scottish Tories have seen double-digit increases in their vote in almost every seat. They've more than doubled their returns in some places where the party was previously unelectable.

First they knocked off Angus Robertson, the SNP's depute leader and top dog at Westminster.

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They had called that their "Portillo moment" - but their best was yet to come, as they dethroned Alex Salmond in Gordon. They even overturned the fourth-safest seat in the country, in Banff and Buchan.

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Other Scottish Tory gains include;

• East Renfrewshire, which was a three-way battle with the SNP and Labour
• Angus, where the SNP were defending majority of over 25%.
• and there were some in places where even the Tories didn't really see them coming, like Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock.

It's been a long time since the Tories have had a night like this in Scotland.

Read more here.

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Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop says: "In terms of the results we need to reflect where we are."

Ms Hyslop says the SNP agree with Theresa May that now is not the time for an independence referendum and Brexit is the priority.

The Scottish government minister says this is the second best result for the SNP at Westminster ever.

She says the mandate for an independence referendum secured a year ago in the Scottish Parliament elections and the SNP has seen victory in this general election.

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The SNP's former leader Alex Salmond has lost his Gordon seat amid a Scottish Conservative surge.

The Tories also defeated the SNP's deputy leader Angus Robertson as they won seats across the country.

The SNP finished on 35 seats - a majority of the 59 Scottish constituencies but a drop of 21 from the 56 they won in 2015.

The Conservatives won 13 seats in Scotland - the party's best performance in the country since 1983.

Labour won seven seats and the Liberal Democrats four. The three pro-UK parties had won just one seat each the last time around.

The Tories saw big increases in their vote across the country, with the SNP vote dropping sharply.

The final Scottish seat to declare was Fife North East, where there were three recounts before Stephen Gethins of the SNP was declared the winner after finishing just two votes ahead of the Lib Dem candidate.

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