General Election 2017: Nicola Sturgeon says indyref2 'a factor' in election result

Summary

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon concedes indyref2 a factor in the election
The SNP ends the night with 35 seats, the Tories have 13, Labour 7 and the Lib Dems 4
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond and the SNP's Deputy leader Angus Robertson lose their seats to the Conservatives
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson says the result shows indyref2 "is dead"
Election ends in hung Parliament: Conservatives set for 319 seats, Labour 261
Tories to form UK government with DUP to 'provide certainty' and keep country 'safe'

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RECAP: SNP lose a third of seats amid Tory surgepublished at 09:24 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Alex Salmond, the former SNP leader and Scottish first minister, was defeated in Gordon
Alex Salmond and Angus Robertson were among the high-profile casualties as the SNP lost more than a third of its seats in the general election.
The party won 35 of the 59 Scottish constituencies - a fall of 21 seats from the 56 they won in 2015.
The Conservatives secured 13 seats in Scotland - the party's best performance in the country since 1983.
Labour won seven seats and the Lib Dems four. The three pro-UK parties had won just one seat each in 2015.
The Tories saw big increases in their vote across the country, with the SNP vote dropping sharply.
Election results 2017: Fifteen things you may have missedpublished at 09:22 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Theresa May and 'Elmo' share the stage
Lord Buckethead wasn't the only odd person the PM shared a stage with. Bobby "Elmo" Smith, pictured above, got three votes.
Mrs May had an unusual opponent in her constituency of Maidenhead Lord Buckethead, who won 249 votes.
It's not the first time he's tried to be an MP.
In 1987, Lord Buckethead stood against Margaret Thatcher in Finchley, winning 131 votes. And in 1992, he stood against then prime minister John Major.
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Lord Buckethead
Click here to find out 14 other things, more serious in tone, that you may have missed overnight.
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Labour's shadow chancellor calls for Theresa May to go...published at 09:08 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Speaking on GMS, Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Prime Minister Theresa May should go.
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Theresa May promised on seven occasions that she would not call a snap election and then called a snap election unnecessarily. She said the election would be about Brexit and we received no detailed plan from her about what would be the future of our country's relationship with Europe.
John McDonnell, Labour Shadow Chancellor
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'Political gamble gone badly wrong'published at 09:04 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Theresa May is "holed up inside" Number 10, working out how to do a deal with the DUP to form a government, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says, "her political gamble having gone so badly wrong".
Laura has been talking to senior Conservatives:
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They are talking about imagining the alternative - imagine if the Conservative party ends up with a leadership challenge.
If this was to happen, a new leader could well call another general election to get a mandate - and this is something none of the Conservative party want.
There is a bit of a sense of Tories rallying around.
But the DUP leader has suggested it may be very difficult for May to survive as PM, adds Laura.
The situation is very fluid, she concludes.
'I think the White Paper on Brexit is dead'published at 08:59 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Lib Dem peer Jeremy Purvis
Lib Dem peer Jeremy Purvis says: "I think the White Paper on Brexit is dead."
Lord Purvis of Tweed says similary in Scotland the letter on Article 50, written by Nicola Sturgeon, is no longer relevant.
RECAP: Yesterday........and todaypublished at 08:54 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Before and after.......
Theresa May still the best option says Tory MSPpublished at 08:49 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Speaking on GMS, Tory MSP Maurice Golden said the rationale behind calling an election was sound.
Mr Golden said the Conservatives lost a small number of "critical" seats and that the party must look to form a "strong and stable" government which looks likely to be with the DUP.
The Tory MSP said Theresa May is still the best option for the United Kingdom versus "the chaotic" Jeremy Corbyn.
Postpublished at 08:47 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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"We will take time and care to reflect on the outcome of this result. But we have to acknowledge that the question of a second independence was a significant motivator of votes against the SNP in this election, and we have to be attentive to that point."
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister
Clegg: UK looks 'self absorbed and adrift' to Europepublished at 08:46 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Nick Clegg believes he lost his seat because of his views on Brexit
"It is impossible to exaggerate, this morning, how self absorbed and adrift the United Kingdom looks to the rest of Europe," former deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.
As one of the highest profile politicians to lose their seat, Mr Clegg said he believes this loss is due to his views on Brexit.
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