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On the UK wide result Ms Davidson says: "Just as the SNP must listen to the result on the independence referendum, we also have to listen to voters who did not give the UK Conservative Party the mandate we sought."

The Scottish Labour leader goes on to says: "It is incumbent on us to listen to other parties in Parliament, and people outside it, about the best way forward.

"At the same time we must in my view seek to deliver an open Brexit, not a closed one, which puts our country’s economic growth first."

Ms Davidson says: "What people do expect is that, right now, the SNP gives Scotland a break.

"Simply put, Scotland has had its fill.

"We need to focus on the challenges we face on education, on NHS funding, on the new tax and welfare powers – as well as the huge challenge of Brexit.

"Nobody will condemn the First Minister if she now decides to re-set her course.

"This is her opportunity to do so - and I urge her to take it immediately.

"She must take it off the table," she says.

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson says: "This was an election that was dominated by one issue: Nicola Sturgeon’s decision in March to demand a second referendum on independence.

"We led the opposition to that referendum.

"The Scottish people spoke. The SNP’s vote down 13%. Nearly half a million votes gone between 2015 and today.

"Our vote up 13%. The largest share of the vote for the Scottish Conservatives since 1979," she says.

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The Scottish Conservative leader says: "This was a historic election for the Scottish Conservatives."

Ms Davidson says My horizons don't end at the border, we need to ensure the UK government continues to function.

"We need to ensure that the big challenges that are facing our country are challenges all of us rise to," she says.

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Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has hailed the party’s best result north of the border in 35 years.

Speaking in Edinburgh Ms Davidson said the newly elected Scottish Conservative MPs would be “local champions” and “do Scotland proud”.

Following last night’s results, the Scottish Conservatives increased their number of MPs from one to 13.

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The new SNP leader of Glasgow City Council Susan Aitken told the John Beattie programme it is clear Theresa May has lost all authority and credibility.

Ms Aitken says:"She's created a situation of absolute chaos purely to serve the Tories own political interest and then failed to do that."

She says Theresa May has "no authority and no credibility" to conduct the Brexit negotiations.

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Former Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray said "it is inconceivable how Theresa May can continue."

Speaking on the John Beattie programme on Radio Scotland, Mr Gray said she took a "catastrophic decision" for a "calamitous campaign" and now she is in a "completely untenable position".

He said she is now in a position "which could hardly be weaker or less stable" and it is difficult to see how she can sustain that.

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Jackson Carlaw, the deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives, has said Theresa May will be the prime minister of a minority government for some time ahead.

Speaking on the John Beattie programme on Radio Scotland, Mr Carlaw said this could be an unprecedented first with a long term minority government due to the Fixed Term Parliament Act.

He said there was no prospect of the Conservative's entering into a leadership action andthe focus has to be securing a strong Brexit deal.

Mr Carlaw said the Tories got a larger share of the vote than when Tony Blair got his landslide in 1997.