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would ignore the clues of the last few days. That's all from the BBC

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News at 6. Goodbye from me. On BBC One, we can

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The political landscape of Scotland has changed.

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The SNP are set for a third term in power here at Holyrood.

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Nicola Sturgeon will return to this chamber as First Minister

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Today the SNP leader has ruled out making

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formal agreements with any other parties.

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However, the government I lead will be an inclusive government. It will

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also reach out and seek to work with others across the Parliament, to

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find common ground and build consensus.

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We're also live in BBC Scotland's election centre,

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looking back on a night which saw the Conservatives overtake Labour

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Ruth Davidson was all smiles as she became the main opposition

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she hailed the result as a turnaround for her party.

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We went into this election promising to keep the SNP in check, last night

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we made good on that promise, I beating the SNP across Scotland and

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winning seats on the regional list, we have stopped the SNP from

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returning a majority. But it was another

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disastrous night for Labour, the party's worst performance

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in an election in Scotland in Last night's result is a bad result

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of the Scottish Labour Party, we lost one third of our MSPs but I

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think there is new fresh blood coming into the Parliament next

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week, and that belief that the Scottish Labour Party has ideas,

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values and principles that are fit for the future of Scotland. We will

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be showing you how results came together on a historic night in

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Scottish politics late in using the latest computer graphics. --

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Scottish politics late in using the Scottish politics using the latest

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computer graphics. We'll be assessing how

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the new government will work and what it might seek to prioritise

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and how the new group of MSPs -- Stay with us for comprehensive

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coverage of a historic Good evening from the well

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of the debating chamber The people of Scotland have spoken

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and chosen the make-up of these After a long, and at times

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uneventful, campaign, the climax to this election

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brought its share of The SNP remains the largest party,

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winning an unprecedented third Nicola Sturgeon will be back

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here in this seat as First Minister. But she wont have

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an overall majority. The Tories, whose leader

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Ruth Davidson predicted they'd come second during the campaign, did so,

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and by a fair margin. This is where they usually sit

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but after more than doubling their seats there might not be

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enough space to fit them all in. But it was another disastrous night

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for Labour, their worst result in Scotland

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in more than a century. Our First Report tonight comes

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from our Political VOICEOVER: Nicola Sturgeon smiling,

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she won, just clock that grin from the Conservative leader, who came

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second. The SNP wiped out labour in Glasgow as they gained from a

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constituency swing across Scotland. On the roundabouts, the list seats,

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they fell back, they are still dancing but now without an overall

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majority. Nicola Sturgeon remains First Minister, with, she says, the

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right to implement her manifesto programme. We won a clear and

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unequivocal mandate, and I secured the personal mandate I thought to

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implement the bold and ambitious programme for government that I

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asked the country to vote for. -- I sought. I can confirm that when we

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reconvene in the coming days, I will ask the Scottish Parliament to

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formally re-elect me as the First Minister of Scotland. On

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independence, she said that she will continue to make the case, with

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passion and patients. Our aim is to persuade, not to divide. That

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applies to other areas of government as well, the First Minister will

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seek support from other parties, for health and education reforms, and

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for the annual budget. As First Minister, I know that I have a duty

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to rise above party politics and to govern in the best interests of all

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of our country. My pledge today is that I will always seek to do that.

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But, no coalition, not necessary, say the SNP, only just short of a

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majority. For Labour, an appalling night, placed third in Scotland for

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the first time in a century. Kezia Dugdale consciously avoided

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challenging independence, trying to move the debate on the tax and

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spending, overnight, she conceded that had not worked with voters. In

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my determination to try to move the Scottish debate on, it will have

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cost me and my party votes. For Labour, a fundamental rethink, but

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not a new leader. Sit back, reflect on the results, and get the Labour

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Party in Scotland fit to the future once again. For the Tories, triumph,

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after years of genteel decline. They stood out against tax rises but they

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depict themselves as sole defenders of the union. It worked. Today, Ruth

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Davidson warned against second referendum on independence. She said

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that she stood ready to serve as the principal opposition at Holyrood.

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that she stood ready to serve as the That is one which will hold the

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government to account, saying no to a second independence referendum and

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making them concentrate on the things that matter, schools,

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hospitals, a growing economy. Popping the courts, the Liberal

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Democrat celebrate winning two mainland constituencies, to add to

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Orkney and Shetland, but they were left flat, as the greens overhauled

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them on the list. Their leader remains a perpetual optimist. Not

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only have we won in Fife, where I am now the MSP, but also in Edinburgh

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West, with Hamilton, and a stonking big majority up in Orkney and

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Shetland. Just a delight to see. People were writing us off before

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the election, boy, have we bounced back! They winners hug, because lest

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we forget, the greens took one seat more than the Lib Dems, overall,

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Patrick Harvie certainly has not forgotten. We will be able to

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continue to bring constructive pressure to bear on the Scottish

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Government, to sometimes put them beyond their comfort zone. We will

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give them credit where it is due but we will be unrelenting and

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challenging where we think they have got to be pushed. Ukip forecast they

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would take seats across Scotland, very tally remains zero. -- their

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tally. After a tepid campaign, an very tally remains zero. -- their

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interesting outcome. Uncertainty to come, but one clear, sharp facets

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tonight, an historic third victory for the SNP.

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Sum up, if you can, what is most remarkable about this result? It is

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the SNP winning, but remember, remember the event from the night,

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the remarkable Conservative grin, from Ruth Davidson, she advised her

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colleagues that they should smile until their cheeks were aching, it

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clearly turned out to be good practice for her. Labour tried to

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drag this course away from the familiar bed of an situation and

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independence, on the tax and spending, it did not happen, the

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full line in Scottish politics remains one between the principal

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party advocating independence and the principal party advocating the

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union, and that is now the Conservative Party. Thank you very

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much at the moment. So has Ruth Davidson's successful

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campaign finally managed to turn around the Tories' fortunes

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in Scotland, almost two decades And does another bad result

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for Labour suggest that party is now headed for a long spell

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on the fringes of Scottish politics? Glenn Campbell assesses a seismic

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shift in the politics VOICEOVER: Eastward, the Glasgow

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suburbs, voted Labour for a generation. But not any more. --

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Eastwood. Labour lost some support here to the SNP. I voted SNP this

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time, I have always been a traditional Labour voter. But the

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infighting that the Labour Party has, they are still a bit of a

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shambles. Labour also lost votes and ultimately the seat to the Tories. I

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feel that the Conservatives match my values, and I also do not believe

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the SNP's referendum can have an agenda. I wanted to make sure it

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counted towards me being against the referendum. Labour finished third,

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prosperous eastward collected a Tories are the first time since 1992

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and the winner believes his results and bothered of a big shift in

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Scottish politics. -- Eastwood. People are looking for an

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alternative, they have responded to Ruth saying that Labour have had

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nine years and six leaders, they have not offered an alternative,

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they are a mini me opposition, they did not object, they just said that

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they could do it better if they were in charge. Able were looking for

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something more fundamental than that. The Tories made gains from the

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SNP, in Aberdeenshire West, and in Edinburgh Central, where the party

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leader could not disguise her delight at taking the Tories from

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fourth, to first. But Labour has lost most in this Tory revival.

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Including Dumfriesshire, the Scottish Secretary's Sun capturing

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what was on paper there are safest Holyrood seat. -- son. There is no

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such thing as a safe Labour seat anymore. Tracking the parties at

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Holyrood since 1999, Labour slide has been steady, the Tories have

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bumped along, and then suddenly, the switch. The late Donald Dewar would

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struggle to recognise what is left of the Labour Party that he led into

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the first Scottish parliament as First Minister, back in 1999. Where

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there was dominance, there is now decline, and since the independence

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referendum, labour, which once commanded Scottish politics has

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collapsed, first at the UK general election, and now, in the Scottish

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Parliament contest. This was not Jeremy Corbyn's fight, he campaigned

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with Kezia Dugdale only once. UK party problems like the

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anti-Semitism row will not have helped Scottish Labour. Some think

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that the party's promise of income tax rises to reverse cuts was a

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policy blunder. Somebody described very famously the 1983 manifesto is

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the longest suicide note in history. If you bring it up today, frankly,

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the manifesto we stood on is self immolation for dummies. Kezia

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Dugdale thinks she was saying the right things on tax, even if some

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voters did not want to listen. So right things on tax, even if some

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soon after the independence referendum. I know that for some,

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the constitutional argument remains the most important factor when

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casting their votes, and my determination to try to move the

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debate on will have cost me and my party votes tonight. Labour has a

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nasty habit of changing leader when the party is losing. It has had six

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in the last nine years, now things are so bad that there seems to be

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in the last nine years, now things little appetite for another contest.

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Will you stay as the Labour leader, no matter what? No matter what,

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100%, I am remaining the leader of the Scottish Labour Party. Labour

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picked up one seat, Edinburgh Southern, from the SNP, and held on

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against challenges in Dumbarton and East Lothian, but this party has

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some hard thinking to do, after this most miserable of results.

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STUDIO: If your eyes were glued to events in the studio, you will know

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well that the outcome of this, the fifth election to the Scottish

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Parliament, was not the foregone conclusion the polls had perhaps

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suggested. Here's David Henderson with the details of the final result

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and how the night unfolded. It took all night to count the

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rights in this election but the result is now clear, let's look at

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the 73 constituency seats. Here is the map of Scotland. Huge swathes of

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yellow. That is the SNP, they won the lion share. Spread throughout

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the country. There is also plenty of conservative blue, in the South of

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Scotland but also here, in Aberdeenshire West, and in Edinburgh

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Central. The leader, Ruth Davidson, winning that seat. The Tories took

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seven constituencies, including four new wins. Labour took a hammering,

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losing 13 seats and they were left with just three first past the post

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MSPs. The Liberal Democrats overtook them, including a win for their

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leader, Willy Rennie, in Fife. 56 MEPs were also elected through the

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regional lists. -- MSPs. They were crucial to the outcome. Labour

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gained 21 seats that way, the Conservatives, 24, the SNP, just

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four, and the greens troubled their tally of seats from the last

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Parliament, finishing with six MSPs. Where does this leave Scotland's

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main party leaders? Ukip, there, with David Coburn, failed to get the

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first MSP. The Liberal Democrats, held the Northern Isles, and gained

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a few seats elsewhere, but their total is the same as it was in the

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last Parliament, they have just five MSPs. Patrick Harvie's greens,

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overtaking the Liberal Democrats as the fourth largest party, with six

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seats. What kind of support might they now lend to the SNP, in order

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to allow Nicola Sturgeon to lead a majority government? Kezia Dugdale's

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Labour Party suffered heavy defeats, all but one of them in the central

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belt. They ended up with just 24 MSPs, 13 less than they had in the

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last Parliament. May be overtaken as the largest opposition party by Ruth

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Davidson's Conservatives, excellent result for them, finishing on 31

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seats, more than twice as many MSPs as they had in the last Parliament.

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Finally, Nicola Sturgeon, she is First Minister again, the SNP

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finishing with 63 seats, way in front of all challengers, but not

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quite enough to secure an overall majority. She would have needed 65

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MSPs for that. Katrina Renton reports on a dramatic night in

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Scottish politics. VOICEOVER: It was never a question of if the SNP would

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win the most seats but just how many would they take. What is now beyond

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doubts is that the SNP has won a third consecutive Scottish

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parliament election. The Scottish National Party, 15,222.

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An early strike over Labour set the tone for the night. But it wasn't

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the route for the SNP as predicted. As ballot boxes were brought in over

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land, sea and air, and counting started in earnest, the faces told a

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story. Labour, once the biggest party at Holyrood, saw the writing

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on the wall. But this smile tells a different tale. The comeback kids of

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this election were the Conservatives, as their leader took

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Edinburgh Central from the SNP and now is the face of the official

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Opposition. There are people right across Scotland who are sending the

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SNP a message. Their voices and the decision that we made as a country

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won'ting ignored. This was the best result the Conservatives have ever

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had for the Scottish Parliament, in contrast, the night just got worse

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for Labour. Here in Eastwood, where they were incumbent, they were

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knocked into third. They lost traditional heartlands like Cowden

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Beth in Fife and they were wiped out in Glasgow, winning not a single

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first past the post seat although they took four in the Glasgow list.

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Kezia Dugdale failed to win her own constituency but was elected on the

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second vote This election was always going to be tough for the Scottish

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Labour Party, just a year after a going to be tough for the Scottish

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pinful general election defeat but I am proud that our campaign rose to

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the challenge of offering an alternative vision for what could be

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done in our new, more powerful Parliament. John Finney, Scottish

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Green Party It was a It was a good night for the Greens,

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with six seats they've overtaken the Liberal Democrats and are now the

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fourth party at Holyrood We have gained momentum and a lot of profile

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during the campaign and we have certainly gained the expertise and

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experience of getting our campaigners and volunteers out there

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on a scale that we have never seen before. The Liberal Democrats seemed

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pleased with there. Are you they have exactly the same number, five,

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as they went in with, but gained two from the SNP, Edinburgh Western and

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their leader, Willy Rennie won his own constituent circumstances fooi,

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north-east. There were no seats for Ukip in Scotland and for the fist

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time since 1999, no Independence were elected. #7 Perhaps this is not

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the election result that was expected but with no outright

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majority for the SNP, there will be deals to be done, so maybe Scottish

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politics just got even more interesting.

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When the SNP won its majority five years ago, it moved the debate

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about Scotland's constitutional future centre stage, leading

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The result this time around isn't as clear cut.

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So, what do voters want the new government to focus

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Our Political Correspondent, Andrew Kerr, is in the long-time SNP seat

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Jackie, the fair stiff Perth sits in the Mid Scotland and Fife region

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encompassing some rich rural lands and also part lit former Fife mining

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communities, too. We have been out listening to what voters have been

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saying, now the job of governing begins once again for the SNP. The

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constitution is important, so are jobs and the economy. Our trip

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tonight begins in Lochderry in Fife Coffee fuelled the politicians

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during the night. It is now waking up folk in Fife. Diane owns Mrs

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Brown's Buns today. We asked what some thought of the economic

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prospects in their area. I feel very positive. It is coming up. There are

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quite a few businesses opening up. There is something here for

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quite a few businesses opening up. everybody. What jobs are there here

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quite a few businesses opening up. for young people? Well, there are

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quite a lot of good jobs if you can get into something, if you have the

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qualifications and that but if you have not got the qualifications

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there's no much jobs out there for everybody There is not very many

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opportunities, not really for young people. They would need to go out

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with. The dockyard, if we still have one in two or three years' time, but

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they don't even take them on as apprentices because some of them are

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too hold and the qualifications they need, they maybe don't have the

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qualifications. Then, if they have qualifications, maybe they are too

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much. So, from bread and butter issues to the wider constitutional

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question, we have come to Perth to see how Nicola Sturegon should

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handle the referendum issue. Just beside City Hall where Margaret

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Thatcher made her first major speech as Prime Minister, we asked if

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Nicola Sturegon should go to the country again, with another

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referendum. Ye, definitely. I don't know if it will be in my time but I

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definitely want to see it but I think she has to get back now and

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see what she can deliver and prove to the Scottish people that we could

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be better on our own. After the vote last night, what do you make the

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constitutional question. I think you are always going to have your

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staunch SNP supporters that are for independence regardless of

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everything else. And they are her biggest supporters, whereas there

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are a lot of other people who, as I say, probably have voted SNP because

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that was the only one they could trust on a bunch of really not great

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choices. Scotland is better being part of the whole of the UK. Because

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we have more leverage abroad, on the world stage, as the UK, rather than

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Scotland on its own. The sound of varied opinions. In minority

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government, the SNP will no doubt seek to adopt an inclusive tone.

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Well, we've moved to the Parliament's Garden Lobby,

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and with me now is John Swinney the Deputy First Minister.

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First li, congratulation on your third term. Twhau very much. An

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historic night for the Scottish National Party and Scottish

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politics. On no previous occasion has a Scottish Government been

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elected for a third time. We are delighted with the electoral

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performance we delivered last night. Now, you know, of all people perhaps

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better, that this may well be a tough time ahead. You know deals

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have to be done because you are a minority Government. In the past, in

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trying to get your Budget through, the all-important Budget, you relied

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on the Green support. That fell through. How do you know that's not

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going to happen again? We've had experience, as a Government, between

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2007-11 of reaching out beyond the ranks of the Scottish National

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Party, to seek agreements which are ranks of the Scottish National

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about common purpose. About making sure that we can deliver the public

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services that members of the public depend upon and ultimately, all

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political parties have to face up to the fact that the public finances

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have to be put in order. We have to put the money in place it pay for

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our schools, hospitals, health care centres for the police, whatever it

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happens to be, our priorities. So, we, Frankly, can't muck about on

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Budget issues, we have to get on with it. And over a four-year

:24:16.:24:18.

period, the Scottish Government, with only 47 members, we have 63

:24:19.:24:22.

behind us in this parliamentary term that's about to start, we managed to

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secure agreement around our budget on every occasion and that's exactly

:24:26.:24:29.

the approach we'll have to take in the next five years. So you are

:24:30.:24:32.

going to have tow make some concessions. What is it going to be?

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A ban on fracking? What it'll be, we'll work with other political

:24:38.:24:41.

parties. The fist minister set out today that there are a number of

:24:42.:24:44.

different areas where we will have agreement with other political

:24:45.:24:48.

parties. If you take education, for example, all the parties set out an

:24:49.:24:52.

aspiration in this election campaign to ensure that the Scottish

:24:53.:24:55.

education system delivers world class education for every single one

:24:56.:24:59.

of the children of Scotland. Now we agree with that as a Government. The

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other parties agree with that but this is an opportunity for us to try

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to create an agenda which enables us to deliver for the people of

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Scotland and the Government will be keen to embrace that debate and

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embrace that discussion and to act in common purpose with Members of

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Parliament elected from across the political spectrum to make sure we

:25:19.:25:21.

deliver for the people of Scotland. You mentioned some of your

:25:22.:25:24.

priorities there, things you have to deal with, education that's in a bad

:25:25.:25:28.

way. Lots of criticism about what is happening it the NHS. But there is

:25:29.:25:32.

also criticism of your party that the constitution, the question of

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the constitution, independence, overshadows everything. And if

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someone put it today - too much independence and not enough

:25:42.:25:45.

enterprise. -- and as someone put it today I cannot apologise for the

:25:46.:25:49.

fact I believe in Scottish independence. I have believed on it

:25:50.:25:53.

all my adult life. You are taking your eye off the ball inform the

:25:54.:25:56.

governance of the country in order to do that. I agree with the

:25:57.:26:00.

proposition you put forward. The OECD report on Scottish education

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indicated significant strengths in the Scottish education system. There

:26:04.:26:06.

have been enormous improvements in the operation of the health service

:26:07.:26:09.

and the delivery of more patient care in shorter waiting times for

:26:10.:26:13.

members of the public as a consequence of the investment and

:26:14.:26:16.

the decisions taken by the SNP Government. And on the economy, for

:26:17.:26:21.

the overwhelming majority of the term and office of the SNP

:26:22.:26:24.

Government over the last nine years, we have had higher employment in

:26:25.:26:27.

Scotland than the rest of the UK. There are three examples where we

:26:28.:26:31.

have delivered, solid, strong improvements in the exercise of

:26:32.:26:35.

policy within Scotland. And yes we have had a significant

:26:36.:26:38.

constitutional debate but that's a debate about making sure we have the

:26:39.:26:41.

powers in this Parliament to address the issues and challenges that face

:26:42.:26:44.

the people of Scotland. Now, as a consequence of the referendum, as a

:26:45.:26:48.

consequence of the work I was involved in, in the Smith

:26:49.:26:50.

commission, this Parliament will be a more powerful Parliament in the

:26:51.:26:55.

next five years. And we have to exercise, and we are starting to

:26:56.:26:58.

exercise the powers and we have to exercise more of the powers in the

:26:59.:27:02.

best interests of the people of Scotland. What we have heard today

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in the aftermath of what happened last night is, that and I will say

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this again, people are asking why not bring some certainty. Certainty?

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Why not, as a Government, park the issue of independence, for a while

:27:16.:27:18.

and get the very real problems that exist, there are some in education,

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there are some in health and schools, get it back on track. The

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First Minister made it crystal clear this afternoon that the Government's

:27:27.:27:29.

priorities will be to take forward the manifesto commitment we made to

:27:30.:27:35.

the people of Scotland, to engage constructively in dialogue with

:27:36.:27:37.

other parties in advancing those poisons and to make sure we improve

:27:38.:27:39.

other parties in advancing those the quality of life of people within

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Scotland. That will be our driving desire in the Scottish Government

:27:44.:27:46.

and the First Minister's personal commitment is about delivering the

:27:47.:27:49.

transformation in Scottish education that was at the heart of our

:27:50.:27:54.

manifesto proposals. And there is a debate - there is an ongoing debate

:27:55.:27:58.

about the constitution within Scotland but the First Minister also

:27:59.:28:02.

said today that we would engauge in patient consideration of that issue,

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a patient dialogue with the people of Scotland where we try to persuade

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people of the strength of our arguments but we do that while we

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deliver our priorities that were in our manifesto, the priorities of a

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ream toing Scottish Government that will be determined to improve the

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quality of life of the people of Scotland. Once again,

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congratulations, John Swinney and thank you for joining us this

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evening. Go and get some rest. Ruth Davidson put herself very

:28:25.:28:30.

much at the forefront often been hard to spot

:28:31.:28:32.

over the past few weeks. Steven Godden reports

:28:33.:28:38.

on to what extent that In the heart of her constituency

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Ruth Davidson saviours a success few thought lightly. The they are the

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new opposition. I don't think anything in Scotland is permanent.

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People told me that becoming leader of the Scottish Conservatives would

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be akin to resuscitating a corpse four years ago. On a personal level

:29:12.:29:17.

her strike Ned o he had inbury Central underlined a political

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change in the weather. Hooray. Like that enough. I don't

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like her policies, simple as that. She has a lot to live up to. We'll

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bum bell through. She is very opinionaited. But you need someone

:29:42.:29:45.

like that. Will you finish second tomorrow? Yes. Conviction at the end

:29:46.:29:50.

of a campaign that was at times surreal. Tory blue overtaking Labour

:29:51.:29:57.

red. Her preis he sowsor had a similar approach, a be eye for the

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dramatic, this time it worked. -- her predecessor. We were nursing a

:30:02.:30:06.

conda lessens for the Scottish Conservatives. Ruth took that

:30:07.:30:10.

recovery and she turned it into good health forthparty. The focus was on

:30:11.:30:15.

individual, not the Conservative brand. Warm words #20ed but there

:30:16.:30:18.

was no prime ministerial visit brand. Warm words #20ed but there

:30:19.:30:23.

during the campaign. It's most difficult times arriving when the

:30:24.:30:28.

focus was on UK policy. Ruth Davidson recognised that dynamic and

:30:29.:30:32.

responded by agreeing strategically with David Cameron, with the UK

:30:33.:30:37.

party, showing she had a distinct agenda, with not radically different

:30:38.:30:38.

in policy terms. When Ruth Davidson agenda, with not radically different

:30:39.:30:43.

returns to Hollywood, she will be flanked by the largest ever group of

:30:44.:30:48.

Conservative MSPs in a campaign that put personality ahead of party.

:30:49.:30:52.

She's emerged having emboldened both.

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Congratulations to you, your tactic of being a strong opposition has

:30:58.:31:08.

paid off what does an effective look like?

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Next week, when people start arriving, you will see that

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What areas of policy do we most want to influence?

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From August, there will be a state Guardian. They have had a rethink is

:32:49.:32:57.

the policy has become less popular in the country, and people like

:32:58.:33:02.

health as it is to separate concerns and police have raised concerns as

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well. We will look to see if we can get a change. Instead of making a

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blanket and compulsory across the whole Parliament, we will focus on

:33:14.:33:18.

vulnerable families. We will have to make concessions of our own. What is

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that likely to be? We have said from the very start that we want to be a

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responsible opposition. One of my great frustrations in the last five

:33:28.:33:30.

years, watching the Labour Party has been watching them grumble from the

:33:31.:33:34.

sidelines and then voting through SNP stuff anyway, I don't think that

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is an effective opposition. I have said that I want to put through

:33:41.:33:44.

alternatives, something we have wanted to put through is move the

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SNP on some education policy. Instead of having poorer pupils

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helped by giving money to local authorities, we force them to make

:33:56.:34:06.

the money for the individuals. Can the Conservatives be trusted.

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We have worked with people across Scotland to try to make sure that

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the parliament we are working in can meet their aspirations. That is what

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people in Scotland voted for. That is why I'm asking the First Minister

:34:30.:34:32.

to take any sort of second referendum on the table. That is

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what they deserve, the security they deserve the next five years. We were

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watching a special edition of reporting Scotland. The SNP has won

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a third consecutive term at Holyrood, the party won 63 seats,

:34:50.:34:51.

two short of an overall majority. On certain policy areas, the greens

:34:52.:35:15.

and Lib Dems could hold more negotiating power. Lucy Adams

:35:16.:35:21.

reports. Every political journey has its ups and its downs. Riding a

:35:22.:35:30.

surge in membership since the referendum, the Scottish greens

:35:31.:35:33.

troubled their seats from two, up to six, much to the delight of these

:35:34.:35:36.

voters. I'm interested in the environmental issues, when parents

:35:37.:35:42.

are wondering what is going to happen for their grandchildren, it

:35:43.:35:46.

is across-the-board stock white I'm more interested in how we are going

:35:47.:35:59.

together the environment. Win overall majority, so it means more

:36:00.:36:03.

teamwork, and for the greens and Liberal Democrats, it means a lot

:36:04.:36:07.

more leveraged for their key policies around education, tax, and

:36:08.:36:16.

transport. For the youngest ever MSP at Holyrood, that means pushing the

:36:17.:36:20.

change. It feels pretty fantastic. The message is very simple, this

:36:21.:36:24.

cliche about young people being the future is not the case, young people

:36:25.:36:32.

are here now, part of the process. Contrary to dire forecast, the

:36:33.:36:34.

Liberal Democrats maintained five seats, including the strongholds in

:36:35.:36:40.

Orkney and Shetland. There is a lot of decent Lib Dem support here. We

:36:41.:36:43.

have Lib Dems running throughout blood. -- through our blood. People

:36:44.:36:50.

find themselves alienated from party politics. I think that probably, in

:36:51.:36:56.

this case, it has been going over things that we know. This is now I'm

:36:57.:37:02.

a naughty government in the Hollywood Parliament, they will have

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to work with all parties, and they will be the case for improvements.

:37:07.:37:12.

It cuts to ferry fares, which I have not been for. The new SNP government

:37:13.:37:18.

might need the support of other parties to pass legislation. For

:37:19.:37:25.

smaller parties it may provide the softer landing they are looking

:37:26.:37:42.

for full we understand that you could now be the kingmakers, if the

:37:43.:37:47.

SNP come calling what is part of the wish list? We'll be discussing more

:37:48.:37:52.

of these issues in weeks to come, we are keen to push the government to

:37:53.:37:56.

be bolder, things like local democracy, taxation, all areas in

:37:57.:37:58.

which we have focused on the manifesto, good feedback, positive

:37:59.:38:04.

feedback from voters, we will be wanting to push across the

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Parliament with all parliaments to push those issues. What about

:38:08.:38:13.

taxation. That was a major bank of the manifesto, raising the higher

:38:14.:38:17.

tax rates, can you work with the SNP, who do not want to bring in tax

:38:18.:38:21.

rises? I think that we can, it was not just the top rate, we are the

:38:22.:38:26.

only party election proposing to cut taxes for the lowest paid 50% of the

:38:27.:38:31.

population, and to bring in a raft of local progressive taxes, we

:38:32.:38:34.

believe there is room and scope to work across the Parliament to grieve

:38:35.:38:38.

more progressive taxation at a national level and local level. You

:38:39.:38:42.

are one of the parties that gained a lot of support the visual pushing

:38:43.:38:47.

for a yes vote in the independence referendum, how strongly in this

:38:48.:38:49.

parliament will you be pushing for it? We believe that is a decision

:38:50.:38:54.

for the Scottish people to make, our priority is to use the powers of the

:38:55.:38:57.

Parliament is now, the powers that are coming, to make Hollywood

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bolder, and change and transformation in the kind areas

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which matter. There will still be areas of policy. What about the

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areas... It is not the politicians to make the call as when politician

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should be able to make the next stage of the journey. It is still

:39:16.:39:21.

hanging in the balance, it is the uncertainty. The voters have elected

:39:22.:39:24.

a Parliament with a majority of SFE 's from parties that support

:39:25.:39:31.

independence. -- the majority of MSPs.

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It was a disastrous night for Labour. Joining me in the studio is

:39:42.:39:45.

Labour's James Kelly. He was MSP for Rutherglen in the last parliament

:39:46.:39:48.

but lost that seat last night to the SNP, before gaiining a set on the

:39:49.:39:50.

Glasgow list. Congratulations for that. Kezia Dugdale says that Labour

:39:51.:39:53.

is going to sit back and think about the result, wave using label went

:39:54.:39:55.

wrong? I think that labour fourth and energetic campaign, Kezia

:39:56.:40:01.

Dugdale led from the front, and she made a centrepiece of that campaign

:40:02.:40:08.

protection of public services. She led from the front in the wrong

:40:09.:40:12.

direction. You made the centrepiece of the campaign how public services

:40:13.:40:17.

will be fronted, although those policies were popular in opinion

:40:18.:40:21.

polls, they did not come through with the voters, we need to reflect

:40:22.:40:26.

upon why that was the case, and how we can make that more of a

:40:27.:40:29.

centrepiece. This is going to be a big issue, as the Parliament goes

:40:30.:40:36.

back, how we fund public services. Wire was the thinking not done

:40:37.:40:40.

before? Can I ask you that. How can you so badly misjudged where

:40:41.:40:44.

Scotland is now, both in terms of the constitutional question and

:40:45.:40:48.

indeed on the left right spectrum, where you are being squeezed from

:40:49.:40:54.

left and right. -- why was the thinking not done before. It was

:40:55.:41:00.

supported in opinion polls, with the tax, 75% of the population, clearly

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we did not secure the votes to support the policy tonight, so the

:41:04.:41:09.

summary in -- some of the individual policies we were advocating were

:41:10.:41:13.

supported, but we did not get the cut through in support for them when

:41:14.:41:16.

we put them forward as a Labour Party, and that is why we need to

:41:17.:41:19.

reflect upon it now, to try to rebuild as we move forward. What are

:41:20.:41:30.

the key questions you need to ask yourself? We need to think about how

:41:31.:41:35.

we move forward. Kezia is an asset, she will be an asset into the next

:41:36.:41:39.

Parliament, I don't think that's changing leaders three times as we

:41:40.:41:42.

have done in recent years has helped us. We need to look politically at

:41:43.:41:47.

how we connect with the public. We need to look organisationally at how

:41:48.:41:52.

we get rooted in communities, we need to be talking, to look at

:41:53.:41:58.

support from the public. In a word, can you come back? Of course, we

:41:59.:42:04.

have got the policies, we have got a commitment to fairness and justice,

:42:05.:42:08.

we have a commitment to standing of the communities, and if we look at

:42:09.:42:13.

communities, if we get the message across, I am confident we can come

:42:14.:42:16.

back. James Kelly, thank you very much. Taking a look now and how last

:42:17.:42:22.

nights results are reflected in the debating chamber. Here is how the

:42:23.:42:27.

new Scottish parliament chamber will look, in the centre, this big block

:42:28.:42:33.

of yellow, that is the SNP, with 63 seats, they remain the biggest

:42:34.:42:39.

party, but they are two short of an overall majority. Over here, the

:42:40.:42:44.

Conservatives, in blue, with 31 seats, taking over from Labour as

:42:45.:42:50.

the biggest opposition party. Round here, labour, now relegated to third

:42:51.:42:57.

place, with just 24 MSPs. The greens there have six, and the Liberal

:42:58.:43:00.

Democrats have five. That is how the chamber breaks down along party

:43:01.:43:05.

lines. Eleanor Bradford has been looking at how representative the

:43:06.:43:10.

people who will be sitting in the seats are of Scottish society.

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VOICEOVER: First, let me take you back to 1999. We got the minimum

:43:16.:43:22.

wage, and the Euro, the first time. Your mobile phone did not have the

:43:23.:43:26.

Internet. The Scottish parliament is established. More women took their

:43:27.:43:35.

seats in just one day than had ever been elected in Scotland in the

:43:36.:43:42.

previous 80 years. But fast forward 70 years, and Scottish Parliament

:43:43.:43:47.

has made little progress in truly reflecting society. -- 17 years. In

:43:48.:43:53.

1999, 48 women were elected, last night, just 45 won seats, making up

:43:54.:43:59.

just one third of MSPs, far fewer than in Wales, where half of the

:44:00.:44:03.

assembly members are women. More than half of the population are. Are

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you thinking of being a politician ever? No, I do politics at uni, but

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you thinking of being a politician I probably should, but I do not

:44:13.:44:16.

think I would get in. We did not get things like that at school, it was

:44:17.:44:20.

never dwelled upon, that a girl could get into Parliament. When are

:44:21.:44:24.

you thinking of standing for election? As a female politician,

:44:25.:44:32.

because we need them. What? Annie Wells took the plunge, winning a

:44:33.:44:36.

seat at the Conservatives last night full of you see the abuse that some

:44:37.:44:40.

of the females get, there are a few very strong leaders, and you see the

:44:41.:44:44.

abuse that they take, not just political abuse, it is personal,

:44:45.:44:48.

personally stated at them. Women do not want to put themselves in that

:44:49.:44:52.

situation. Scotland's Parliament has had less accessible it comes to

:44:53.:44:59.

ethnic diversity. -- has had even less success. One of only two

:45:00.:45:04.

politician from Scotland's large Asian population, Yusuf, the other,

:45:05.:45:10.

near. We have made progress, with ethnic representation but there is

:45:11.:45:14.

still work to do, we need a Parliament that is representative of

:45:15.:45:17.

the community and a country where your race, you'll religion, the

:45:18.:45:21.

colour of your skin, your gender, social background, does not affect

:45:22.:45:26.

how you have life outcomes. If you have a disability, you have the most

:45:27.:45:33.

worry about, just one politician has declared personal experience.

:45:34.:45:36.

Disabled people face a number of barriers when they try to get into

:45:37.:45:39.

Parliament, both financial and non-financial, when you try to get

:45:40.:45:43.

in at a party political level, you face access whether it is materials

:45:44.:45:48.

in a variety of formats or just being able to get in the door. There

:45:49.:45:53.

is something clearly wrong, but is it the system or is it society? What

:45:54.:45:55.

is the This was the first Holyrood election

:45:56.:46:02.

where 16 and 17-year olds have been able to vote and I am joined now

:46:03.:46:05.

by three of the BBC's own generation 2016 of first time voters

:46:06.:46:08.

to get their take on the election So with me up in the bird's

:46:09.:46:11.

nest are Stuart Doran, Tell me Jamie, you are 16, the

:46:12.:46:28.

youngest of the three. What was the experience like for you, as a

:46:29.:46:31.

first-time voter? I think it was amazing. Being a first-time voter,

:46:32.:46:36.

it was really good to be politically active, and be more politically

:46:37.:46:39.

involved because I think it is really important that 16 and

:46:40.:46:43.

17-year-olds do vote. But what about others, were you regarded as a bit

:46:44.:46:47.

of an odd anorak or is this engagement wider than you? I think a

:46:48.:46:52.

few of my friends did vote but I found that a lot of people within my

:46:53.:46:56.

social circles didn't. I don't think a lot of people, especially within

:46:57.:47:00.

my social groups did vote but I think it is important that people do

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but I felt a kind of an outsider that I was actually voting. Molly

:47:05.:47:07.

did you find that A wee bit. I have that I was actually voting. Molly

:47:08.:47:13.

two very different groups of friends. On the one hand is the

:47:14.:47:18.

group that's politically active, campaigning for parties and went to

:47:19.:47:25.

vote at 7.00am and on the other hand, those that didn't register or

:47:26.:47:28.

know what they were voting for. What does the new Parliament need to do

:47:29.:47:34.

tone gauge people To concentrate on it through schools. Teachers are not

:47:35.:47:37.

allowed to talk about politics, it is not encouraged. That's where

:47:38.:47:40.

people learn everything, they can do it on social media but they don't

:47:41.:47:44.

understand it. If they don't learn how can they supposed to take part

:47:45.:47:48.

in the political procession. You all have a stake in this, what do you

:47:49.:47:53.

want to see from it? We want to see, now the Parliament is more diverse,

:47:54.:47:59.

we have more Green and Conservatives than we have before. Even though I

:48:00.:48:05.

was an SNP voter I I'm glad it is now a rainbow Parliament. I want the

:48:06.:48:08.

Parliament to work together, stushling Sturegon has said she

:48:09.:48:12.

wants it to work together. To come together on divan issues to benefit

:48:13.:48:17.

the people of Scotland. To keep your generation engaged what do they need

:48:18.:48:20.

to do? As we mentioned I think schools are the big factor. Young

:48:21.:48:25.

people aren't politically active or politically involved. I think this

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is' something they need to get their head around. Hope for the future in

:48:29.:48:32.

this Parliament I hope the SNP reverse the cuts to college places

:48:33.:48:35.

to allow more people to be able to go to college. A last word from you?

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Again, I would agree with Stuart, that I hope that the SNP do work

:48:41.:48:44.

with the other parties to move towards a better Scotland. Well,

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thank you very much all of you for joining me. And it is over to Jackie

:48:48.:48:51.

in the Chamber of the Parliament. Maybe one of our young people will

:48:52.:49:01.

end up here one day. Now time for a look at the other election

:49:02.:49:02.

highlights from across the country. Today there is be a band of blue

:49:03.:49:12.

stretching across the south of Scotland, from Im ou, th to strap

:49:13.:49:18.

tour. Here John Lamont held his seat against the SNP's Paul We, lhouse

:49:19.:49:26.

with a big majority. Paul We, l, who ue got back. Next door it went from

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red to blue in Dumfriesshire, and Elaine Murray was knocked into third

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place, below Joan McAlpine. Who also go the back in the south of Scotland

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list and the band of blue was completed in gallow and western

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Dumfriesshire with a hold for the Conservatives in the other Border

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seat, Christine Graham said she was delighted to hold it for the SNP. In

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total in the south of Scotland list, three SNP, two Conservatives and two

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Labour. Here in the Highland and Islands the

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SNP has held on to all of its constituency seats, as have the

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Liberal Democrats in Orkney and Shetland. Mirroring development in

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the rest of the country, the list has provided most change on this

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political landscape. Because of the SNP's successes in the constituency,

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where a number of new female faces have emerged they've dropped two

:50:29.:50:34.

places on the list. But their loss is a the Conservative Party's gain

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and it has increased its members from two to three. Labour holds on

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to its tally of two and the Greens have returned one MSP. But here in a

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former Liberal Democrat stronghold, the party has failed to return a

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member. Some suggested that Ukip could have a chance here in the

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Highland and Islands. But its Scottish leader, David Cockburn

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failed to make an impression in the north.

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Here in the north-east we had to wait until almost 9.00am for the

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final regional list results and there was some drama, there was a

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partial recount in Aberdeen constituency after complaints were

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made that the Labour candidate, Lewis MacDonald had a relative

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amongst the vote counters but no irregularities were found and he was

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returned on his party's regional list. More widely the SNP had defend

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all but one of their constituency seats in this part of the world but

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here in Aberdeenshire West they lost to the Conservatives who saw their

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share of the vote increase by 17%. They have now returned Alex ender

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Burnett to the Holyrood Parliament. On the regional list more widely

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there are now four Conservative MSPs, two lib Labour and one Lib

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Dem, Mike Rumbles formerly a constituency MSP who goes back to

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Holyrood on his party's regional list.

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In other news. One main story today: The mother of the toddler,

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Liam Fee, has described hearing a "blood-curdling scream",

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as she learned her son was dead. The jury has been listening

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to a police statement by Rachel Fee From the High Court in Livingston,

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Lisa Summers sent this report. The jury heard a police statement

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made by racial Fee who is accused alongside her partner Naomi of

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murdering Liam. In it she describes coming home from the stables around

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6.20ampm that Saturday night. She said she thought of it was around

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#0e7 clock when Naomi got up to check on Liam. She said in a the

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mare of seconds she heard a bloodcurdling cry as Naomi shouted

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Rachael, Rachael. She panicked and went into the bedroom and madly said

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he was pure white and lifeless. She said Naomi was putting him on the

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floor as she screamed to get an ambulance. Rachael Fee tells officer

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she came out of the bedroom and saw another child. She said she shouted

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at the top of her voice, what have you done, she said he gestured

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at the top of her voice, what have putting one thoond his mouth and

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another around his neck. Rachael Fee's lawyer questioned the

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detective who took the statement. The court heard an ambulance had

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been called at 7. 57. He asked if it was possible that Rachael was

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estimating time of events that evening, the detective agreed.

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Rachael and Naomi Fee deny murdering Liam and blaming his death on

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another child. The trial at the High Court continues.

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Christopher has the weekend forecast. Warmer weather on its way?

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Well it was plesant apt today across many parts of the country. Decent

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spells of sunshine around. You can see on the satellite, most in the

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west, we saw 18 along the Solway coast and a lovely picture from a

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weather watcher near Fort William. As we head through the next few

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hours, it stays dry. Fairly cloudy at times. There will be some clear

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spells. And also, some mist, some low cloud developing in the eastern

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side. Temperatures in towns and cities about 5-8 Celsius, a few

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parts of the countryside cooler. Tomorrow we have this weather system

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working northwards and eventually that will bring showery outbreaks of

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rain our way but for most tomorrow a that will bring showery outbreaks of

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dry day, albeit fairly cloudy. To start things off, a bit misty and

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murky on the east coast and at times inland but that should burn back and

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the best of the sunshine developing in the west but later on to the

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the best of the sunshine developing south of the Cairngorms, and in

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towards Angus as well. But then starting to see a few hefty showers

:54:38.:54:41.

develop. Temperatures in the south-west, high teens, for many 14

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to 15 but for many on the east coast it will be cool, a combination of a

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breeze off the sea and that hard at times.

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The north-west cloudier compared with today. One or two showers at

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times and a cool feel on the breeze coming in off the sea. Then that

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showery rain arrives from the south, working its way northwards as we

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head overnight, Saturday into Sunday, a murky night, fairly damp

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at times. But it is clearing away, as we head through towards the

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second half of the weekend. It is up towards the north-west, we start to

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drag in that warm air we have been hearing about down south. So, yes,

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some hard to start off, but that will clear. Temperatures into the

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low 20s, cooler the further east you are, particularly on the east coast.

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Mopped, more sunshine, more heat. Temperatures up a notch, 23, maybe

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24 in the west. Always cooler, though, in the east. That's the

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forecast for now. And that's all from the election

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studio for now. Well we are back in the place that

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will become it's new MSPs next week. Brian Taylor joins me, you have

:55:51.:55:54.

covered every Scottish parliamentary election. Where does this sit in

:55:55.:56:02.

terms? Well, it is intriguing. You tend to find that you get the

:56:03.:56:07.

outcome that's in tune with the Morays of the time. People were

:56:08.:56:12.

saying to that incumbent of that seat - we like you nick larks a lot

:56:13.:56:16.

but let's have checks, ticking now you are determining our income tax.

:56:17.:56:20.

I think the SNP will be able to govern preety efficiently, they

:56:21.:56:23.

don't have a majority. They won't seek to be offering the presiding

:56:24.:56:27.

officers' posts from their ranks for one thing it much' take a big issue

:56:28.:56:31.

that pulls together the Greens, the Liberal Democrats and the

:56:32.:56:34.

Conservatives and they'll try and seek alliances where they can but a

:56:35.:56:38.

remarkable outcome and for the Conservatives and well done to the

:56:39.:56:41.

Greens moving forwards but the winner sits there and that's Nicola

:56:42.:56:44.

Sturegon. Thank you. Highly articulate, as ever and on no sleep

:56:45.:56:48.

whatsoever. Thank you, and that's it, from here in the Scottish

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Parliament, there is a special edition of Scotland 2016 tonight on

:56:52.:56:56.

BBC Two at 10.30. But for now we leave you with a look back at the

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memorable moments of a long campaign, which ended in a

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significant night for Scottish politics. From Holyrood, from us

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all, good evening. Nicola Sturegon, Scottish National

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Party, 15,2... ... Is elected to skefb on the

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Scottish Parliament. Elected to Conservative on the

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Scottish Parliament. The Scottish National Party,

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15,000... Gerald Josephm McGravie, 3,004. --

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sory, 304, my apologies. I thought something was happening,

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but possibly not. Thank you very much. #

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