:00:00. > :00:00.would ignore the clues of the last few days. That's all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:10.News at 6. Goodbye from me. On BBC One, we can
:00:11. > :00:12.The political landscape of Scotland has changed.
:00:13. > :00:16.The SNP are set for a third term in power here at Holyrood.
:00:17. > :00:19.Nicola Sturgeon will return to this chamber as First Minister
:00:20. > :00:22.Today the SNP leader has ruled out making
:00:23. > :00:30.formal agreements with any other parties.
:00:31. > :00:38.However, the government I lead will be an inclusive government. It will
:00:39. > :00:42.also reach out and seek to work with others across the Parliament, to
:00:43. > :00:49.find common ground and build consensus.
:00:50. > :00:51.We're also live in BBC Scotland's election centre,
:00:52. > :00:53.looking back on a night which saw the Conservatives overtake Labour
:00:54. > :00:57.Ruth Davidson was all smiles as she became the main opposition
:00:58. > :01:03.she hailed the result as a turnaround for her party.
:01:04. > :01:09.We went into this election promising to keep the SNP in check, last night
:01:10. > :01:15.we made good on that promise, I beating the SNP across Scotland and
:01:16. > :01:16.winning seats on the regional list, we have stopped the SNP from
:01:17. > :01:20.returning a majority. But it was another
:01:21. > :01:22.disastrous night for Labour, the party's worst performance
:01:23. > :01:33.in an election in Scotland in Last night's result is a bad result
:01:34. > :01:36.of the Scottish Labour Party, we lost one third of our MSPs but I
:01:37. > :01:40.think there is new fresh blood coming into the Parliament next
:01:41. > :01:44.week, and that belief that the Scottish Labour Party has ideas,
:01:45. > :01:50.values and principles that are fit for the future of Scotland. We will
:01:51. > :01:53.be showing you how results came together on a historic night in
:01:54. > :01:59.Scottish politics late in using the latest computer graphics. --
:02:00. > :02:00.Scottish politics late in using the Scottish politics using the latest
:02:01. > :02:02.computer graphics. We'll be assessing how
:02:03. > :02:04.the new government will work and what it might seek to prioritise
:02:05. > :02:07.and how the new group of MSPs -- Stay with us for comprehensive
:02:08. > :02:23.coverage of a historic Good evening from the well
:02:24. > :02:50.of the debating chamber The people of Scotland have spoken
:02:51. > :02:54.and chosen the make-up of these After a long, and at times
:02:55. > :02:57.uneventful, campaign, the climax to this election
:02:58. > :03:00.brought its share of The SNP remains the largest party,
:03:01. > :03:03.winning an unprecedented third Nicola Sturgeon will be back
:03:04. > :03:07.here in this seat as First Minister. But she wont have
:03:08. > :03:08.an overall majority. The Tories, whose leader
:03:09. > :03:11.Ruth Davidson predicted they'd come second during the campaign, did so,
:03:12. > :03:13.and by a fair margin. This is where they usually sit
:03:14. > :03:16.but after more than doubling their seats there might not be
:03:17. > :03:19.enough space to fit them all in. But it was another disastrous night
:03:20. > :03:21.for Labour, their worst result in Scotland
:03:22. > :03:27.in more than a century. Our First Report tonight comes
:03:28. > :03:38.from our Political VOICEOVER: Nicola Sturgeon smiling,
:03:39. > :03:44.she won, just clock that grin from the Conservative leader, who came
:03:45. > :03:46.second. The SNP wiped out labour in Glasgow as they gained from a
:03:47. > :03:54.constituency swing across Scotland. On the roundabouts, the list seats,
:03:55. > :04:00.they fell back, they are still dancing but now without an overall
:04:01. > :04:04.majority. Nicola Sturgeon remains First Minister, with, she says, the
:04:05. > :04:10.right to implement her manifesto programme. We won a clear and
:04:11. > :04:16.unequivocal mandate, and I secured the personal mandate I thought to
:04:17. > :04:21.implement the bold and ambitious programme for government that I
:04:22. > :04:27.asked the country to vote for. -- I sought. I can confirm that when we
:04:28. > :04:33.reconvene in the coming days, I will ask the Scottish Parliament to
:04:34. > :04:36.formally re-elect me as the First Minister of Scotland. On
:04:37. > :04:43.independence, she said that she will continue to make the case, with
:04:44. > :04:47.passion and patients. Our aim is to persuade, not to divide. That
:04:48. > :04:51.applies to other areas of government as well, the First Minister will
:04:52. > :04:57.seek support from other parties, for health and education reforms, and
:04:58. > :05:02.for the annual budget. As First Minister, I know that I have a duty
:05:03. > :05:08.to rise above party politics and to govern in the best interests of all
:05:09. > :05:14.of our country. My pledge today is that I will always seek to do that.
:05:15. > :05:20.But, no coalition, not necessary, say the SNP, only just short of a
:05:21. > :05:25.majority. For Labour, an appalling night, placed third in Scotland for
:05:26. > :05:27.the first time in a century. Kezia Dugdale consciously avoided
:05:28. > :05:33.challenging independence, trying to move the debate on the tax and
:05:34. > :05:36.spending, overnight, she conceded that had not worked with voters. In
:05:37. > :05:43.my determination to try to move the Scottish debate on, it will have
:05:44. > :05:48.cost me and my party votes. For Labour, a fundamental rethink, but
:05:49. > :05:52.not a new leader. Sit back, reflect on the results, and get the Labour
:05:53. > :05:58.Party in Scotland fit to the future once again. For the Tories, triumph,
:05:59. > :06:04.after years of genteel decline. They stood out against tax rises but they
:06:05. > :06:09.depict themselves as sole defenders of the union. It worked. Today, Ruth
:06:10. > :06:15.Davidson warned against second referendum on independence. She said
:06:16. > :06:17.that she stood ready to serve as the principal opposition at Holyrood.
:06:18. > :06:21.that she stood ready to serve as the That is one which will hold the
:06:22. > :06:24.government to account, saying no to a second independence referendum and
:06:25. > :06:30.making them concentrate on the things that matter, schools,
:06:31. > :06:34.hospitals, a growing economy. Popping the courts, the Liberal
:06:35. > :06:37.Democrat celebrate winning two mainland constituencies, to add to
:06:38. > :06:42.Orkney and Shetland, but they were left flat, as the greens overhauled
:06:43. > :06:47.them on the list. Their leader remains a perpetual optimist. Not
:06:48. > :06:53.only have we won in Fife, where I am now the MSP, but also in Edinburgh
:06:54. > :06:57.West, with Hamilton, and a stonking big majority up in Orkney and
:06:58. > :07:01.Shetland. Just a delight to see. People were writing us off before
:07:02. > :07:09.the election, boy, have we bounced back! They winners hug, because lest
:07:10. > :07:12.we forget, the greens took one seat more than the Lib Dems, overall,
:07:13. > :07:16.Patrick Harvie certainly has not forgotten. We will be able to
:07:17. > :07:20.continue to bring constructive pressure to bear on the Scottish
:07:21. > :07:24.Government, to sometimes put them beyond their comfort zone. We will
:07:25. > :07:26.give them credit where it is due but we will be unrelenting and
:07:27. > :07:30.challenging where we think they have got to be pushed. Ukip forecast they
:07:31. > :07:36.would take seats across Scotland, very tally remains zero. -- their
:07:37. > :07:42.tally. After a tepid campaign, an very tally remains zero. -- their
:07:43. > :07:46.interesting outcome. Uncertainty to come, but one clear, sharp facets
:07:47. > :07:48.tonight, an historic third victory for the SNP.
:07:49. > :08:03.Sum up, if you can, what is most remarkable about this result? It is
:08:04. > :08:06.the SNP winning, but remember, remember the event from the night,
:08:07. > :08:13.the remarkable Conservative grin, from Ruth Davidson, she advised her
:08:14. > :08:16.colleagues that they should smile until their cheeks were aching, it
:08:17. > :08:23.clearly turned out to be good practice for her. Labour tried to
:08:24. > :08:28.drag this course away from the familiar bed of an situation and
:08:29. > :08:32.independence, on the tax and spending, it did not happen, the
:08:33. > :08:35.full line in Scottish politics remains one between the principal
:08:36. > :08:40.party advocating independence and the principal party advocating the
:08:41. > :08:42.union, and that is now the Conservative Party. Thank you very
:08:43. > :08:50.much at the moment. So has Ruth Davidson's successful
:08:51. > :08:52.campaign finally managed to turn around the Tories' fortunes
:08:53. > :08:56.in Scotland, almost two decades And does another bad result
:08:57. > :08:59.for Labour suggest that party is now headed for a long spell
:09:00. > :09:02.on the fringes of Scottish politics? Glenn Campbell assesses a seismic
:09:03. > :09:14.shift in the politics VOICEOVER: Eastward, the Glasgow
:09:15. > :09:18.suburbs, voted Labour for a generation. But not any more. --
:09:19. > :09:24.Eastwood. Labour lost some support here to the SNP. I voted SNP this
:09:25. > :09:31.time, I have always been a traditional Labour voter. But the
:09:32. > :09:37.infighting that the Labour Party has, they are still a bit of a
:09:38. > :09:43.shambles. Labour also lost votes and ultimately the seat to the Tories. I
:09:44. > :09:47.feel that the Conservatives match my values, and I also do not believe
:09:48. > :09:51.the SNP's referendum can have an agenda. I wanted to make sure it
:09:52. > :10:00.counted towards me being against the referendum. Labour finished third,
:10:01. > :10:03.prosperous eastward collected a Tories are the first time since 1992
:10:04. > :10:12.and the winner believes his results and bothered of a big shift in
:10:13. > :10:16.Scottish politics. -- Eastwood. People are looking for an
:10:17. > :10:19.alternative, they have responded to Ruth saying that Labour have had
:10:20. > :10:23.nine years and six leaders, they have not offered an alternative,
:10:24. > :10:26.they are a mini me opposition, they did not object, they just said that
:10:27. > :10:29.they could do it better if they were in charge. Able were looking for
:10:30. > :10:38.something more fundamental than that. The Tories made gains from the
:10:39. > :10:42.SNP, in Aberdeenshire West, and in Edinburgh Central, where the party
:10:43. > :10:48.leader could not disguise her delight at taking the Tories from
:10:49. > :10:54.fourth, to first. But Labour has lost most in this Tory revival.
:10:55. > :10:57.Including Dumfriesshire, the Scottish Secretary's Sun capturing
:10:58. > :11:04.what was on paper there are safest Holyrood seat. -- son. There is no
:11:05. > :11:14.such thing as a safe Labour seat anymore. Tracking the parties at
:11:15. > :11:17.Holyrood since 1999, Labour slide has been steady, the Tories have
:11:18. > :11:23.bumped along, and then suddenly, the switch. The late Donald Dewar would
:11:24. > :11:26.struggle to recognise what is left of the Labour Party that he led into
:11:27. > :11:33.the first Scottish parliament as First Minister, back in 1999. Where
:11:34. > :11:36.there was dominance, there is now decline, and since the independence
:11:37. > :11:41.referendum, labour, which once commanded Scottish politics has
:11:42. > :11:47.collapsed, first at the UK general election, and now, in the Scottish
:11:48. > :11:53.Parliament contest. This was not Jeremy Corbyn's fight, he campaigned
:11:54. > :11:56.with Kezia Dugdale only once. UK party problems like the
:11:57. > :12:00.anti-Semitism row will not have helped Scottish Labour. Some think
:12:01. > :12:06.that the party's promise of income tax rises to reverse cuts was a
:12:07. > :12:11.policy blunder. Somebody described very famously the 1983 manifesto is
:12:12. > :12:16.the longest suicide note in history. If you bring it up today, frankly,
:12:17. > :12:21.the manifesto we stood on is self immolation for dummies. Kezia
:12:22. > :12:23.Dugdale thinks she was saying the right things on tax, even if some
:12:24. > :12:27.voters did not want to listen. So right things on tax, even if some
:12:28. > :12:32.soon after the independence referendum. I know that for some,
:12:33. > :12:36.the constitutional argument remains the most important factor when
:12:37. > :12:39.casting their votes, and my determination to try to move the
:12:40. > :12:44.debate on will have cost me and my party votes tonight. Labour has a
:12:45. > :12:49.nasty habit of changing leader when the party is losing. It has had six
:12:50. > :12:52.in the last nine years, now things are so bad that there seems to be
:12:53. > :12:56.in the last nine years, now things little appetite for another contest.
:12:57. > :13:03.Will you stay as the Labour leader, no matter what? No matter what,
:13:04. > :13:07.100%, I am remaining the leader of the Scottish Labour Party. Labour
:13:08. > :13:13.picked up one seat, Edinburgh Southern, from the SNP, and held on
:13:14. > :13:17.against challenges in Dumbarton and East Lothian, but this party has
:13:18. > :13:24.some hard thinking to do, after this most miserable of results.
:13:25. > :13:31.STUDIO: If your eyes were glued to events in the studio, you will know
:13:32. > :13:38.well that the outcome of this, the fifth election to the Scottish
:13:39. > :13:40.Parliament, was not the foregone conclusion the polls had perhaps
:13:41. > :13:42.suggested. Here's David Henderson with the details of the final result
:13:43. > :13:47.and how the night unfolded. It took all night to count the
:13:48. > :13:53.rights in this election but the result is now clear, let's look at
:13:54. > :14:02.the 73 constituency seats. Here is the map of Scotland. Huge swathes of
:14:03. > :14:07.yellow. That is the SNP, they won the lion share. Spread throughout
:14:08. > :14:11.the country. There is also plenty of conservative blue, in the South of
:14:12. > :14:14.Scotland but also here, in Aberdeenshire West, and in Edinburgh
:14:15. > :14:20.Central. The leader, Ruth Davidson, winning that seat. The Tories took
:14:21. > :14:27.seven constituencies, including four new wins. Labour took a hammering,
:14:28. > :14:35.losing 13 seats and they were left with just three first past the post
:14:36. > :14:41.MSPs. The Liberal Democrats overtook them, including a win for their
:14:42. > :14:44.leader, Willy Rennie, in Fife. 56 MEPs were also elected through the
:14:45. > :14:51.regional lists. -- MSPs. They were crucial to the outcome. Labour
:14:52. > :14:57.gained 21 seats that way, the Conservatives, 24, the SNP, just
:14:58. > :15:06.four, and the greens troubled their tally of seats from the last
:15:07. > :15:11.Parliament, finishing with six MSPs. Where does this leave Scotland's
:15:12. > :15:18.main party leaders? Ukip, there, with David Coburn, failed to get the
:15:19. > :15:22.first MSP. The Liberal Democrats, held the Northern Isles, and gained
:15:23. > :15:28.a few seats elsewhere, but their total is the same as it was in the
:15:29. > :15:33.last Parliament, they have just five MSPs. Patrick Harvie's greens,
:15:34. > :15:37.overtaking the Liberal Democrats as the fourth largest party, with six
:15:38. > :15:42.seats. What kind of support might they now lend to the SNP, in order
:15:43. > :15:48.to allow Nicola Sturgeon to lead a majority government? Kezia Dugdale's
:15:49. > :15:54.Labour Party suffered heavy defeats, all but one of them in the central
:15:55. > :15:59.belt. They ended up with just 24 MSPs, 13 less than they had in the
:16:00. > :16:05.last Parliament. May be overtaken as the largest opposition party by Ruth
:16:06. > :16:10.Davidson's Conservatives, excellent result for them, finishing on 31
:16:11. > :16:16.seats, more than twice as many MSPs as they had in the last Parliament.
:16:17. > :16:22.Finally, Nicola Sturgeon, she is First Minister again, the SNP
:16:23. > :16:25.finishing with 63 seats, way in front of all challengers, but not
:16:26. > :16:33.quite enough to secure an overall majority. She would have needed 65
:16:34. > :16:39.MSPs for that. Katrina Renton reports on a dramatic night in
:16:40. > :16:43.Scottish politics. VOICEOVER: It was never a question of if the SNP would
:16:44. > :16:49.win the most seats but just how many would they take. What is now beyond
:16:50. > :16:51.doubts is that the SNP has won a third consecutive Scottish
:16:52. > :17:05.parliament election. The Scottish National Party, 15,222.
:17:06. > :17:13.An early strike over Labour set the tone for the night. But it wasn't
:17:14. > :17:18.the route for the SNP as predicted. As ballot boxes were brought in over
:17:19. > :17:22.land, sea and air, and counting started in earnest, the faces told a
:17:23. > :17:28.story. Labour, once the biggest party at Holyrood, saw the writing
:17:29. > :17:31.on the wall. But this smile tells a different tale. The comeback kids of
:17:32. > :17:35.this election were the Conservatives, as their leader took
:17:36. > :17:40.Edinburgh Central from the SNP and now is the face of the official
:17:41. > :17:46.Opposition. There are people right across Scotland who are sending the
:17:47. > :17:51.SNP a message. Their voices and the decision that we made as a country
:17:52. > :17:55.won'ting ignored. This was the best result the Conservatives have ever
:17:56. > :18:00.had for the Scottish Parliament, in contrast, the night just got worse
:18:01. > :18:07.for Labour. Here in Eastwood, where they were incumbent, they were
:18:08. > :18:10.knocked into third. They lost traditional heartlands like Cowden
:18:11. > :18:13.Beth in Fife and they were wiped out in Glasgow, winning not a single
:18:14. > :18:19.first past the post seat although they took four in the Glasgow list.
:18:20. > :18:22.Kezia Dugdale failed to win her own constituency but was elected on the
:18:23. > :18:25.second vote This election was always going to be tough for the Scottish
:18:26. > :18:30.Labour Party, just a year after a going to be tough for the Scottish
:18:31. > :18:33.pinful general election defeat but I am proud that our campaign rose to
:18:34. > :18:36.the challenge of offering an alternative vision for what could be
:18:37. > :18:41.done in our new, more powerful Parliament. John Finney, Scottish
:18:42. > :18:45.Green Party It was a It was a good night for the Greens,
:18:46. > :18:49.with six seats they've overtaken the Liberal Democrats and are now the
:18:50. > :18:53.fourth party at Holyrood We have gained momentum and a lot of profile
:18:54. > :18:55.during the campaign and we have certainly gained the expertise and
:18:56. > :18:58.experience of getting our campaigners and volunteers out there
:18:59. > :19:03.on a scale that we have never seen before. The Liberal Democrats seemed
:19:04. > :19:08.pleased with there. Are you they have exactly the same number, five,
:19:09. > :19:13.as they went in with, but gained two from the SNP, Edinburgh Western and
:19:14. > :19:15.their leader, Willy Rennie won his own constituent circumstances fooi,
:19:16. > :19:20.north-east. There were no seats for Ukip in Scotland and for the fist
:19:21. > :19:25.time since 1999, no Independence were elected. #7 Perhaps this is not
:19:26. > :19:29.the election result that was expected but with no outright
:19:30. > :19:33.majority for the SNP, there will be deals to be done, so maybe Scottish
:19:34. > :19:40.politics just got even more interesting.
:19:41. > :19:43.When the SNP won its majority five years ago, it moved the debate
:19:44. > :19:45.about Scotland's constitutional future centre stage, leading
:19:46. > :19:52.The result this time around isn't as clear cut.
:19:53. > :19:54.So, what do voters want the new government to focus
:19:55. > :19:59.Our Political Correspondent, Andrew Kerr, is in the long-time SNP seat
:20:00. > :20:14.Jackie, the fair stiff Perth sits in the Mid Scotland and Fife region
:20:15. > :20:19.encompassing some rich rural lands and also part lit former Fife mining
:20:20. > :20:22.communities, too. We have been out listening to what voters have been
:20:23. > :20:27.saying, now the job of governing begins once again for the SNP. The
:20:28. > :20:38.constitution is important, so are jobs and the economy. Our trip
:20:39. > :20:41.tonight begins in Lochderry in Fife Coffee fuelled the politicians
:20:42. > :20:50.during the night. It is now waking up folk in Fife. Diane owns Mrs
:20:51. > :20:53.Brown's Buns today. We asked what some thought of the economic
:20:54. > :20:59.prospects in their area. I feel very positive. It is coming up. There are
:21:00. > :21:01.quite a few businesses opening up. There is something here for
:21:02. > :21:03.quite a few businesses opening up. everybody. What jobs are there here
:21:04. > :21:07.quite a few businesses opening up. for young people? Well, there are
:21:08. > :21:11.quite a lot of good jobs if you can get into something, if you have the
:21:12. > :21:15.qualifications and that but if you have not got the qualifications
:21:16. > :21:18.there's no much jobs out there for everybody There is not very many
:21:19. > :21:23.opportunities, not really for young people. They would need to go out
:21:24. > :21:28.with. The dockyard, if we still have one in two or three years' time, but
:21:29. > :21:33.they don't even take them on as apprentices because some of them are
:21:34. > :21:36.too hold and the qualifications they need, they maybe don't have the
:21:37. > :21:41.qualifications. Then, if they have qualifications, maybe they are too
:21:42. > :21:45.much. So, from bread and butter issues to the wider constitutional
:21:46. > :21:50.question, we have come to Perth to see how Nicola Sturegon should
:21:51. > :21:53.handle the referendum issue. Just beside City Hall where Margaret
:21:54. > :21:56.Thatcher made her first major speech as Prime Minister, we asked if
:21:57. > :22:00.Nicola Sturegon should go to the country again, with another
:22:01. > :22:06.referendum. Ye, definitely. I don't know if it will be in my time but I
:22:07. > :22:10.definitely want to see it but I think she has to get back now and
:22:11. > :22:15.see what she can deliver and prove to the Scottish people that we could
:22:16. > :22:18.be better on our own. After the vote last night, what do you make the
:22:19. > :22:21.constitutional question. I think you are always going to have your
:22:22. > :22:25.staunch SNP supporters that are for independence regardless of
:22:26. > :22:28.everything else. And they are her biggest supporters, whereas there
:22:29. > :22:31.are a lot of other people who, as I say, probably have voted SNP because
:22:32. > :22:36.that was the only one they could trust on a bunch of really not great
:22:37. > :22:43.choices. Scotland is better being part of the whole of the UK. Because
:22:44. > :22:50.we have more leverage abroad, on the world stage, as the UK, rather than
:22:51. > :22:54.Scotland on its own. The sound of varied opinions. In minority
:22:55. > :23:02.government, the SNP will no doubt seek to adopt an inclusive tone.
:23:03. > :23:04.Well, we've moved to the Parliament's Garden Lobby,
:23:05. > :23:08.and with me now is John Swinney the Deputy First Minister.
:23:09. > :23:14.First li, congratulation on your third term. Twhau very much. An
:23:15. > :23:17.historic night for the Scottish National Party and Scottish
:23:18. > :23:20.politics. On no previous occasion has a Scottish Government been
:23:21. > :23:22.elected for a third time. We are delighted with the electoral
:23:23. > :23:27.performance we delivered last night. Now, you know, of all people perhaps
:23:28. > :23:31.better, that this may well be a tough time ahead. You know deals
:23:32. > :23:34.have to be done because you are a minority Government. In the past, in
:23:35. > :23:37.trying to get your Budget through, the all-important Budget, you relied
:23:38. > :23:42.on the Green support. That fell through. How do you know that's not
:23:43. > :23:46.going to happen again? We've had experience, as a Government, between
:23:47. > :23:48.2007-11 of reaching out beyond the ranks of the Scottish National
:23:49. > :23:51.Party, to seek agreements which are ranks of the Scottish National
:23:52. > :23:56.about common purpose. About making sure that we can deliver the public
:23:57. > :24:01.services that members of the public depend upon and ultimately, all
:24:02. > :24:05.political parties have to face up to the fact that the public finances
:24:06. > :24:09.have to be put in order. We have to put the money in place it pay for
:24:10. > :24:12.our schools, hospitals, health care centres for the police, whatever it
:24:13. > :24:15.happens to be, our priorities. So, we, Frankly, can't muck about on
:24:16. > :24:18.Budget issues, we have to get on with it. And over a four-year
:24:19. > :24:22.period, the Scottish Government, with only 47 members, we have 63
:24:23. > :24:25.behind us in this parliamentary term that's about to start, we managed to
:24:26. > :24:29.secure agreement around our budget on every occasion and that's exactly
:24:30. > :24:32.the approach we'll have to take in the next five years. So you are
:24:33. > :24:37.going to have tow make some concessions. What is it going to be?
:24:38. > :24:41.A ban on fracking? What it'll be, we'll work with other political
:24:42. > :24:44.parties. The fist minister set out today that there are a number of
:24:45. > :24:48.different areas where we will have agreement with other political
:24:49. > :24:52.parties. If you take education, for example, all the parties set out an
:24:53. > :24:55.aspiration in this election campaign to ensure that the Scottish
:24:56. > :24:59.education system delivers world class education for every single one
:25:00. > :25:02.of the children of Scotland. Now we agree with that as a Government. The
:25:03. > :25:07.other parties agree with that but this is an opportunity for us to try
:25:08. > :25:10.to create an agenda which enables us to deliver for the people of
:25:11. > :25:15.Scotland and the Government will be keen to embrace that debate and
:25:16. > :25:18.embrace that discussion and to act in common purpose with Members of
:25:19. > :25:21.Parliament elected from across the political spectrum to make sure we
:25:22. > :25:24.deliver for the people of Scotland. You mentioned some of your
:25:25. > :25:28.priorities there, things you have to deal with, education that's in a bad
:25:29. > :25:32.way. Lots of criticism about what is happening it the NHS. But there is
:25:33. > :25:36.also criticism of your party that the constitution, the question of
:25:37. > :25:41.the constitution, independence, overshadows everything. And if
:25:42. > :25:45.someone put it today - too much independence and not enough
:25:46. > :25:49.enterprise. -- and as someone put it today I cannot apologise for the
:25:50. > :25:53.fact I believe in Scottish independence. I have believed on it
:25:54. > :25:56.all my adult life. You are taking your eye off the ball inform the
:25:57. > :26:00.governance of the country in order to do that. I agree with the
:26:01. > :26:03.proposition you put forward. The OECD report on Scottish education
:26:04. > :26:06.indicated significant strengths in the Scottish education system. There
:26:07. > :26:09.have been enormous improvements in the operation of the health service
:26:10. > :26:13.and the delivery of more patient care in shorter waiting times for
:26:14. > :26:16.members of the public as a consequence of the investment and
:26:17. > :26:21.the decisions taken by the SNP Government. And on the economy, for
:26:22. > :26:24.the overwhelming majority of the term and office of the SNP
:26:25. > :26:27.Government over the last nine years, we have had higher employment in
:26:28. > :26:31.Scotland than the rest of the UK. There are three examples where we
:26:32. > :26:35.have delivered, solid, strong improvements in the exercise of
:26:36. > :26:38.policy within Scotland. And yes we have had a significant
:26:39. > :26:41.constitutional debate but that's a debate about making sure we have the
:26:42. > :26:44.powers in this Parliament to address the issues and challenges that face
:26:45. > :26:48.the people of Scotland. Now, as a consequence of the referendum, as a
:26:49. > :26:50.consequence of the work I was involved in, in the Smith
:26:51. > :26:55.commission, this Parliament will be a more powerful Parliament in the
:26:56. > :26:58.next five years. And we have to exercise, and we are starting to
:26:59. > :27:02.exercise the powers and we have to exercise more of the powers in the
:27:03. > :27:05.best interests of the people of Scotland. What we have heard today
:27:06. > :27:10.in the aftermath of what happened last night is, that and I will say
:27:11. > :27:15.this again, people are asking why not bring some certainty. Certainty?
:27:16. > :27:18.Why not, as a Government, park the issue of independence, for a while
:27:19. > :27:21.and get the very real problems that exist, there are some in education,
:27:22. > :27:26.there are some in health and schools, get it back on track. The
:27:27. > :27:29.First Minister made it crystal clear this afternoon that the Government's
:27:30. > :27:35.priorities will be to take forward the manifesto commitment we made to
:27:36. > :27:37.the people of Scotland, to engage constructively in dialogue with
:27:38. > :27:39.other parties in advancing those poisons and to make sure we improve
:27:40. > :27:43.other parties in advancing those the quality of life of people within
:27:44. > :27:46.Scotland. That will be our driving desire in the Scottish Government
:27:47. > :27:49.and the First Minister's personal commitment is about delivering the
:27:50. > :27:54.transformation in Scottish education that was at the heart of our
:27:55. > :27:58.manifesto proposals. And there is a debate - there is an ongoing debate
:27:59. > :28:02.about the constitution within Scotland but the First Minister also
:28:03. > :28:05.said today that we would engauge in patient consideration of that issue,
:28:06. > :28:09.a patient dialogue with the people of Scotland where we try to persuade
:28:10. > :28:12.people of the strength of our arguments but we do that while we
:28:13. > :28:15.deliver our priorities that were in our manifesto, the priorities of a
:28:16. > :28:18.ream toing Scottish Government that will be determined to improve the
:28:19. > :28:22.quality of life of the people of Scotland. Once again,
:28:23. > :28:24.congratulations, John Swinney and thank you for joining us this
:28:25. > :28:30.evening. Go and get some rest. Ruth Davidson put herself very
:28:31. > :28:32.much at the forefront often been hard to spot
:28:33. > :28:38.over the past few weeks. Steven Godden reports
:28:39. > :28:53.on to what extent that In the heart of her constituency
:28:54. > :29:02.Ruth Davidson saviours a success few thought lightly. The they are the
:29:03. > :29:06.new opposition. I don't think anything in Scotland is permanent.
:29:07. > :29:11.People told me that becoming leader of the Scottish Conservatives would
:29:12. > :29:17.be akin to resuscitating a corpse four years ago. On a personal level
:29:18. > :29:18.her strike Ned o he had inbury Central underlined a political
:29:19. > :29:35.change in the weather. Hooray. Like that enough. I don't
:29:36. > :29:41.like her policies, simple as that. She has a lot to live up to. We'll
:29:42. > :29:45.bum bell through. She is very opinionaited. But you need someone
:29:46. > :29:50.like that. Will you finish second tomorrow? Yes. Conviction at the end
:29:51. > :29:57.of a campaign that was at times surreal. Tory blue overtaking Labour
:29:58. > :30:01.red. Her preis he sowsor had a similar approach, a be eye for the
:30:02. > :30:06.dramatic, this time it worked. -- her predecessor. We were nursing a
:30:07. > :30:10.conda lessens for the Scottish Conservatives. Ruth took that
:30:11. > :30:15.recovery and she turned it into good health forthparty. The focus was on
:30:16. > :30:18.individual, not the Conservative brand. Warm words #20ed but there
:30:19. > :30:23.was no prime ministerial visit brand. Warm words #20ed but there
:30:24. > :30:28.during the campaign. It's most difficult times arriving when the
:30:29. > :30:32.focus was on UK policy. Ruth Davidson recognised that dynamic and
:30:33. > :30:37.responded by agreeing strategically with David Cameron, with the UK
:30:38. > :30:38.party, showing she had a distinct agenda, with not radically different
:30:39. > :30:43.in policy terms. When Ruth Davidson agenda, with not radically different
:30:44. > :30:48.returns to Hollywood, she will be flanked by the largest ever group of
:30:49. > :30:52.Conservative MSPs in a campaign that put personality ahead of party.
:30:53. > :30:57.She's emerged having emboldened both.
:30:58. > :31:08.Congratulations to you, your tactic of being a strong opposition has
:31:09. > :31:13.paid off what does an effective look like?
:31:14. > :32:35.Next week, when people start arriving, you will see that
:32:36. > :32:48.What areas of policy do we most want to influence?
:32:49. > :32:57.From August, there will be a state Guardian. They have had a rethink is
:32:58. > :33:02.the policy has become less popular in the country, and people like
:33:03. > :33:08.health as it is to separate concerns and police have raised concerns as
:33:09. > :33:13.well. We will look to see if we can get a change. Instead of making a
:33:14. > :33:18.blanket and compulsory across the whole Parliament, we will focus on
:33:19. > :33:23.vulnerable families. We will have to make concessions of our own. What is
:33:24. > :33:27.that likely to be? We have said from the very start that we want to be a
:33:28. > :33:30.responsible opposition. One of my great frustrations in the last five
:33:31. > :33:34.years, watching the Labour Party has been watching them grumble from the
:33:35. > :33:40.sidelines and then voting through SNP stuff anyway, I don't think that
:33:41. > :33:44.is an effective opposition. I have said that I want to put through
:33:45. > :33:49.alternatives, something we have wanted to put through is move the
:33:50. > :33:55.SNP on some education policy. Instead of having poorer pupils
:33:56. > :34:06.helped by giving money to local authorities, we force them to make
:34:07. > :34:17.the money for the individuals. Can the Conservatives be trusted.
:34:18. > :34:23.We have worked with people across Scotland to try to make sure that
:34:24. > :34:29.the parliament we are working in can meet their aspirations. That is what
:34:30. > :34:32.people in Scotland voted for. That is why I'm asking the First Minister
:34:33. > :34:39.to take any sort of second referendum on the table. That is
:34:40. > :34:43.what they deserve, the security they deserve the next five years. We were
:34:44. > :34:49.watching a special edition of reporting Scotland. The SNP has won
:34:50. > :34:51.a third consecutive term at Holyrood, the party won 63 seats,
:34:52. > :35:15.two short of an overall majority. On certain policy areas, the greens
:35:16. > :35:21.and Lib Dems could hold more negotiating power. Lucy Adams
:35:22. > :35:30.reports. Every political journey has its ups and its downs. Riding a
:35:31. > :35:33.surge in membership since the referendum, the Scottish greens
:35:34. > :35:36.troubled their seats from two, up to six, much to the delight of these
:35:37. > :35:42.voters. I'm interested in the environmental issues, when parents
:35:43. > :35:46.are wondering what is going to happen for their grandchildren, it
:35:47. > :35:59.is across-the-board stock white I'm more interested in how we are going
:36:00. > :36:03.together the environment. Win overall majority, so it means more
:36:04. > :36:07.teamwork, and for the greens and Liberal Democrats, it means a lot
:36:08. > :36:16.more leveraged for their key policies around education, tax, and
:36:17. > :36:20.transport. For the youngest ever MSP at Holyrood, that means pushing the
:36:21. > :36:24.change. It feels pretty fantastic. The message is very simple, this
:36:25. > :36:32.cliche about young people being the future is not the case, young people
:36:33. > :36:34.are here now, part of the process. Contrary to dire forecast, the
:36:35. > :36:40.Liberal Democrats maintained five seats, including the strongholds in
:36:41. > :36:43.Orkney and Shetland. There is a lot of decent Lib Dem support here. We
:36:44. > :36:50.have Lib Dems running throughout blood. -- through our blood. People
:36:51. > :36:56.find themselves alienated from party politics. I think that probably, in
:36:57. > :37:02.this case, it has been going over things that we know. This is now I'm
:37:03. > :37:06.a naughty government in the Hollywood Parliament, they will have
:37:07. > :37:12.to work with all parties, and they will be the case for improvements.
:37:13. > :37:18.It cuts to ferry fares, which I have not been for. The new SNP government
:37:19. > :37:25.might need the support of other parties to pass legislation. For
:37:26. > :37:42.smaller parties it may provide the softer landing they are looking
:37:43. > :37:47.for full we understand that you could now be the kingmakers, if the
:37:48. > :37:52.SNP come calling what is part of the wish list? We'll be discussing more
:37:53. > :37:56.of these issues in weeks to come, we are keen to push the government to
:37:57. > :37:58.be bolder, things like local democracy, taxation, all areas in
:37:59. > :38:04.which we have focused on the manifesto, good feedback, positive
:38:05. > :38:07.feedback from voters, we will be wanting to push across the
:38:08. > :38:13.Parliament with all parliaments to push those issues. What about
:38:14. > :38:17.taxation. That was a major bank of the manifesto, raising the higher
:38:18. > :38:21.tax rates, can you work with the SNP, who do not want to bring in tax
:38:22. > :38:26.rises? I think that we can, it was not just the top rate, we are the
:38:27. > :38:31.only party election proposing to cut taxes for the lowest paid 50% of the
:38:32. > :38:34.population, and to bring in a raft of local progressive taxes, we
:38:35. > :38:38.believe there is room and scope to work across the Parliament to grieve
:38:39. > :38:42.more progressive taxation at a national level and local level. You
:38:43. > :38:47.are one of the parties that gained a lot of support the visual pushing
:38:48. > :38:49.for a yes vote in the independence referendum, how strongly in this
:38:50. > :38:54.parliament will you be pushing for it? We believe that is a decision
:38:55. > :38:57.for the Scottish people to make, our priority is to use the powers of the
:38:58. > :39:01.Parliament is now, the powers that are coming, to make Hollywood
:39:02. > :39:06.bolder, and change and transformation in the kind areas
:39:07. > :39:11.which matter. There will still be areas of policy. What about the
:39:12. > :39:15.areas... It is not the politicians to make the call as when politician
:39:16. > :39:21.should be able to make the next stage of the journey. It is still
:39:22. > :39:24.hanging in the balance, it is the uncertainty. The voters have elected
:39:25. > :39:31.a Parliament with a majority of SFE 's from parties that support
:39:32. > :39:41.independence. -- the majority of MSPs.
:39:42. > :39:45.It was a disastrous night for Labour. Joining me in the studio is
:39:46. > :39:48.Labour's James Kelly. He was MSP for Rutherglen in the last parliament
:39:49. > :39:50.but lost that seat last night to the SNP, before gaiining a set on the
:39:51. > :39:53.Glasgow list. Congratulations for that. Kezia Dugdale says that Labour
:39:54. > :39:55.is going to sit back and think about the result, wave using label went
:39:56. > :40:01.wrong? I think that labour fourth and energetic campaign, Kezia
:40:02. > :40:08.Dugdale led from the front, and she made a centrepiece of that campaign
:40:09. > :40:12.protection of public services. She led from the front in the wrong
:40:13. > :40:17.direction. You made the centrepiece of the campaign how public services
:40:18. > :40:21.will be fronted, although those policies were popular in opinion
:40:22. > :40:26.polls, they did not come through with the voters, we need to reflect
:40:27. > :40:29.upon why that was the case, and how we can make that more of a
:40:30. > :40:36.centrepiece. This is going to be a big issue, as the Parliament goes
:40:37. > :40:40.back, how we fund public services. Wire was the thinking not done
:40:41. > :40:44.before? Can I ask you that. How can you so badly misjudged where
:40:45. > :40:48.Scotland is now, both in terms of the constitutional question and
:40:49. > :40:54.indeed on the left right spectrum, where you are being squeezed from
:40:55. > :41:00.left and right. -- why was the thinking not done before. It was
:41:01. > :41:03.supported in opinion polls, with the tax, 75% of the population, clearly
:41:04. > :41:09.we did not secure the votes to support the policy tonight, so the
:41:10. > :41:13.summary in -- some of the individual policies we were advocating were
:41:14. > :41:16.supported, but we did not get the cut through in support for them when
:41:17. > :41:19.we put them forward as a Labour Party, and that is why we need to
:41:20. > :41:30.reflect upon it now, to try to rebuild as we move forward. What are
:41:31. > :41:35.the key questions you need to ask yourself? We need to think about how
:41:36. > :41:39.we move forward. Kezia is an asset, she will be an asset into the next
:41:40. > :41:42.Parliament, I don't think that's changing leaders three times as we
:41:43. > :41:47.have done in recent years has helped us. We need to look politically at
:41:48. > :41:52.how we connect with the public. We need to look organisationally at how
:41:53. > :41:58.we get rooted in communities, we need to be talking, to look at
:41:59. > :42:04.support from the public. In a word, can you come back? Of course, we
:42:05. > :42:08.have got the policies, we have got a commitment to fairness and justice,
:42:09. > :42:13.we have a commitment to standing of the communities, and if we look at
:42:14. > :42:16.communities, if we get the message across, I am confident we can come
:42:17. > :42:22.back. James Kelly, thank you very much. Taking a look now and how last
:42:23. > :42:27.nights results are reflected in the debating chamber. Here is how the
:42:28. > :42:33.new Scottish parliament chamber will look, in the centre, this big block
:42:34. > :42:39.of yellow, that is the SNP, with 63 seats, they remain the biggest
:42:40. > :42:44.party, but they are two short of an overall majority. Over here, the
:42:45. > :42:50.Conservatives, in blue, with 31 seats, taking over from Labour as
:42:51. > :42:57.the biggest opposition party. Round here, labour, now relegated to third
:42:58. > :43:00.place, with just 24 MSPs. The greens there have six, and the Liberal
:43:01. > :43:05.Democrats have five. That is how the chamber breaks down along party
:43:06. > :43:10.lines. Eleanor Bradford has been looking at how representative the
:43:11. > :43:15.people who will be sitting in the seats are of Scottish society.
:43:16. > :43:22.VOICEOVER: First, let me take you back to 1999. We got the minimum
:43:23. > :43:26.wage, and the Euro, the first time. Your mobile phone did not have the
:43:27. > :43:35.Internet. The Scottish parliament is established. More women took their
:43:36. > :43:42.seats in just one day than had ever been elected in Scotland in the
:43:43. > :43:47.previous 80 years. But fast forward 70 years, and Scottish Parliament
:43:48. > :43:53.has made little progress in truly reflecting society. -- 17 years. In
:43:54. > :43:59.1999, 48 women were elected, last night, just 45 won seats, making up
:44:00. > :44:03.just one third of MSPs, far fewer than in Wales, where half of the
:44:04. > :44:07.assembly members are women. More than half of the population are. Are
:44:08. > :44:12.you thinking of being a politician ever? No, I do politics at uni, but
:44:13. > :44:16.you thinking of being a politician I probably should, but I do not
:44:17. > :44:20.think I would get in. We did not get things like that at school, it was
:44:21. > :44:24.never dwelled upon, that a girl could get into Parliament. When are
:44:25. > :44:32.you thinking of standing for election? As a female politician,
:44:33. > :44:36.because we need them. What? Annie Wells took the plunge, winning a
:44:37. > :44:40.seat at the Conservatives last night full of you see the abuse that some
:44:41. > :44:44.of the females get, there are a few very strong leaders, and you see the
:44:45. > :44:48.abuse that they take, not just political abuse, it is personal,
:44:49. > :44:52.personally stated at them. Women do not want to put themselves in that
:44:53. > :44:59.situation. Scotland's Parliament has had less accessible it comes to
:45:00. > :45:04.ethnic diversity. -- has had even less success. One of only two
:45:05. > :45:10.politician from Scotland's large Asian population, Yusuf, the other,
:45:11. > :45:14.near. We have made progress, with ethnic representation but there is
:45:15. > :45:17.still work to do, we need a Parliament that is representative of
:45:18. > :45:21.the community and a country where your race, you'll religion, the
:45:22. > :45:26.colour of your skin, your gender, social background, does not affect
:45:27. > :45:33.how you have life outcomes. If you have a disability, you have the most
:45:34. > :45:36.worry about, just one politician has declared personal experience.
:45:37. > :45:39.Disabled people face a number of barriers when they try to get into
:45:40. > :45:43.Parliament, both financial and non-financial, when you try to get
:45:44. > :45:48.in at a party political level, you face access whether it is materials
:45:49. > :45:53.in a variety of formats or just being able to get in the door. There
:45:54. > :45:55.is something clearly wrong, but is it the system or is it society? What
:45:56. > :46:02.is the This was the first Holyrood election
:46:03. > :46:05.where 16 and 17-year olds have been able to vote and I am joined now
:46:06. > :46:08.by three of the BBC's own generation 2016 of first time voters
:46:09. > :46:11.to get their take on the election So with me up in the bird's
:46:12. > :46:28.nest are Stuart Doran, Tell me Jamie, you are 16, the
:46:29. > :46:31.youngest of the three. What was the experience like for you, as a
:46:32. > :46:36.first-time voter? I think it was amazing. Being a first-time voter,
:46:37. > :46:39.it was really good to be politically active, and be more politically
:46:40. > :46:43.involved because I think it is really important that 16 and
:46:44. > :46:47.17-year-olds do vote. But what about others, were you regarded as a bit
:46:48. > :46:52.of an odd anorak or is this engagement wider than you? I think a
:46:53. > :46:56.few of my friends did vote but I found that a lot of people within my
:46:57. > :47:00.social circles didn't. I don't think a lot of people, especially within
:47:01. > :47:04.my social groups did vote but I think it is important that people do
:47:05. > :47:07.but I felt a kind of an outsider that I was actually voting. Molly
:47:08. > :47:13.did you find that A wee bit. I have that I was actually voting. Molly
:47:14. > :47:18.two very different groups of friends. On the one hand is the
:47:19. > :47:25.group that's politically active, campaigning for parties and went to
:47:26. > :47:28.vote at 7.00am and on the other hand, those that didn't register or
:47:29. > :47:34.know what they were voting for. What does the new Parliament need to do
:47:35. > :47:37.tone gauge people To concentrate on it through schools. Teachers are not
:47:38. > :47:40.allowed to talk about politics, it is not encouraged. That's where
:47:41. > :47:44.people learn everything, they can do it on social media but they don't
:47:45. > :47:48.understand it. If they don't learn how can they supposed to take part
:47:49. > :47:53.in the political procession. You all have a stake in this, what do you
:47:54. > :47:59.want to see from it? We want to see, now the Parliament is more diverse,
:48:00. > :48:05.we have more Green and Conservatives than we have before. Even though I
:48:06. > :48:08.was an SNP voter I I'm glad it is now a rainbow Parliament. I want the
:48:09. > :48:12.Parliament to work together, stushling Sturegon has said she
:48:13. > :48:17.wants it to work together. To come together on divan issues to benefit
:48:18. > :48:20.the people of Scotland. To keep your generation engaged what do they need
:48:21. > :48:25.to do? As we mentioned I think schools are the big factor. Young
:48:26. > :48:28.people aren't politically active or politically involved. I think this
:48:29. > :48:32.is' something they need to get their head around. Hope for the future in
:48:33. > :48:35.this Parliament I hope the SNP reverse the cuts to college places
:48:36. > :48:40.to allow more people to be able to go to college. A last word from you?
:48:41. > :48:44.Again, I would agree with Stuart, that I hope that the SNP do work
:48:45. > :48:47.with the other parties to move towards a better Scotland. Well,
:48:48. > :48:51.thank you very much all of you for joining me. And it is over to Jackie
:48:52. > :49:01.in the Chamber of the Parliament. Maybe one of our young people will
:49:02. > :49:02.end up here one day. Now time for a look at the other election
:49:03. > :49:12.highlights from across the country. Today there is be a band of blue
:49:13. > :49:18.stretching across the south of Scotland, from Im ou, th to strap
:49:19. > :49:26.tour. Here John Lamont held his seat against the SNP's Paul We, lhouse
:49:27. > :49:33.with a big majority. Paul We, l, who ue got back. Next door it went from
:49:34. > :49:39.red to blue in Dumfriesshire, and Elaine Murray was knocked into third
:49:40. > :49:46.place, below Joan McAlpine. Who also go the back in the south of Scotland
:49:47. > :49:50.list and the band of blue was completed in gallow and western
:49:51. > :49:54.Dumfriesshire with a hold for the Conservatives in the other Border
:49:55. > :50:00.seat, Christine Graham said she was delighted to hold it for the SNP. In
:50:01. > :50:01.total in the south of Scotland list, three SNP, two Conservatives and two
:50:02. > :50:11.Labour. Here in the Highland and Islands the
:50:12. > :50:13.SNP has held on to all of its constituency seats, as have the
:50:14. > :50:18.Liberal Democrats in Orkney and Shetland. Mirroring development in
:50:19. > :50:24.the rest of the country, the list has provided most change on this
:50:25. > :50:28.political landscape. Because of the SNP's successes in the constituency,
:50:29. > :50:34.where a number of new female faces have emerged they've dropped two
:50:35. > :50:37.places on the list. But their loss is a the Conservative Party's gain
:50:38. > :50:42.and it has increased its members from two to three. Labour holds on
:50:43. > :50:48.to its tally of two and the Greens have returned one MSP. But here in a
:50:49. > :50:53.former Liberal Democrat stronghold, the party has failed to return a
:50:54. > :50:58.member. Some suggested that Ukip could have a chance here in the
:50:59. > :51:01.Highland and Islands. But its Scottish leader, David Cockburn
:51:02. > :51:06.failed to make an impression in the north.
:51:07. > :51:12.Here in the north-east we had to wait until almost 9.00am for the
:51:13. > :51:17.final regional list results and there was some drama, there was a
:51:18. > :51:21.partial recount in Aberdeen constituency after complaints were
:51:22. > :51:25.made that the Labour candidate, Lewis MacDonald had a relative
:51:26. > :51:28.amongst the vote counters but no irregularities were found and he was
:51:29. > :51:32.returned on his party's regional list. More widely the SNP had defend
:51:33. > :51:36.all but one of their constituency seats in this part of the world but
:51:37. > :51:39.here in Aberdeenshire West they lost to the Conservatives who saw their
:51:40. > :51:44.share of the vote increase by 17%. They have now returned Alex ender
:51:45. > :51:49.Burnett to the Holyrood Parliament. On the regional list more widely
:51:50. > :51:56.there are now four Conservative MSPs, two lib Labour and one Lib
:51:57. > :51:59.Dem, Mike Rumbles formerly a constituency MSP who goes back to
:52:00. > :52:02.Holyrood on his party's regional list.
:52:03. > :52:07.In other news. One main story today: The mother of the toddler,
:52:08. > :52:10.Liam Fee, has described hearing a "blood-curdling scream",
:52:11. > :52:12.as she learned her son was dead. The jury has been listening
:52:13. > :52:17.to a police statement by Rachel Fee From the High Court in Livingston,
:52:18. > :52:26.Lisa Summers sent this report. The jury heard a police statement
:52:27. > :52:29.made by racial Fee who is accused alongside her partner Naomi of
:52:30. > :52:36.murdering Liam. In it she describes coming home from the stables around
:52:37. > :52:40.6.20ampm that Saturday night. She said she thought of it was around
:52:41. > :52:45.#0e7 clock when Naomi got up to check on Liam. She said in a the
:52:46. > :52:48.mare of seconds she heard a bloodcurdling cry as Naomi shouted
:52:49. > :52:52.Rachael, Rachael. She panicked and went into the bedroom and madly said
:52:53. > :52:55.he was pure white and lifeless. She said Naomi was putting him on the
:52:56. > :52:59.floor as she screamed to get an ambulance. Rachael Fee tells officer
:53:00. > :53:03.she came out of the bedroom and saw another child. She said she shouted
:53:04. > :53:05.at the top of her voice, what have you done, she said he gestured
:53:06. > :53:09.at the top of her voice, what have putting one thoond his mouth and
:53:10. > :53:11.another around his neck. Rachael Fee's lawyer questioned the
:53:12. > :53:15.detective who took the statement. The court heard an ambulance had
:53:16. > :53:18.been called at 7. 57. He asked if it was possible that Rachael was
:53:19. > :53:23.estimating time of events that evening, the detective agreed.
:53:24. > :53:27.Rachael and Naomi Fee deny murdering Liam and blaming his death on
:53:28. > :53:33.another child. The trial at the High Court continues.
:53:34. > :53:39.Christopher has the weekend forecast. Warmer weather on its way?
:53:40. > :53:43.Well it was plesant apt today across many parts of the country. Decent
:53:44. > :53:48.spells of sunshine around. You can see on the satellite, most in the
:53:49. > :53:52.west, we saw 18 along the Solway coast and a lovely picture from a
:53:53. > :53:55.weather watcher near Fort William. As we head through the next few
:53:56. > :54:02.hours, it stays dry. Fairly cloudy at times. There will be some clear
:54:03. > :54:06.spells. And also, some mist, some low cloud developing in the eastern
:54:07. > :54:09.side. Temperatures in towns and cities about 5-8 Celsius, a few
:54:10. > :54:14.parts of the countryside cooler. Tomorrow we have this weather system
:54:15. > :54:16.working northwards and eventually that will bring showery outbreaks of
:54:17. > :54:21.rain our way but for most tomorrow a that will bring showery outbreaks of
:54:22. > :54:27.dry day, albeit fairly cloudy. To start things off, a bit misty and
:54:28. > :54:31.murky on the east coast and at times inland but that should burn back and
:54:32. > :54:33.the best of the sunshine developing in the west but later on to the
:54:34. > :54:37.the best of the sunshine developing south of the Cairngorms, and in
:54:38. > :54:41.towards Angus as well. But then starting to see a few hefty showers
:54:42. > :54:45.develop. Temperatures in the south-west, high teens, for many 14
:54:46. > :54:50.to 15 but for many on the east coast it will be cool, a combination of a
:54:51. > :54:51.breeze off the sea and that hard at times.
:54:52. > :54:55.The north-west cloudier compared with today. One or two showers at
:54:56. > :54:59.times and a cool feel on the breeze coming in off the sea. Then that
:55:00. > :55:02.showery rain arrives from the south, working its way northwards as we
:55:03. > :55:06.head overnight, Saturday into Sunday, a murky night, fairly damp
:55:07. > :55:10.at times. But it is clearing away, as we head through towards the
:55:11. > :55:14.second half of the weekend. It is up towards the north-west, we start to
:55:15. > :55:21.drag in that warm air we have been hearing about down south. So, yes,
:55:22. > :55:25.some hard to start off, but that will clear. Temperatures into the
:55:26. > :55:30.low 20s, cooler the further east you are, particularly on the east coast.
:55:31. > :55:33.Mopped, more sunshine, more heat. Temperatures up a notch, 23, maybe
:55:34. > :55:34.24 in the west. Always cooler, though, in the east. That's the
:55:35. > :55:39.forecast for now. And that's all from the election
:55:40. > :55:50.studio for now. Well we are back in the place that
:55:51. > :55:54.will become it's new MSPs next week. Brian Taylor joins me, you have
:55:55. > :56:02.covered every Scottish parliamentary election. Where does this sit in
:56:03. > :56:07.terms? Well, it is intriguing. You tend to find that you get the
:56:08. > :56:12.outcome that's in tune with the Morays of the time. People were
:56:13. > :56:16.saying to that incumbent of that seat - we like you nick larks a lot
:56:17. > :56:20.but let's have checks, ticking now you are determining our income tax.
:56:21. > :56:23.I think the SNP will be able to govern preety efficiently, they
:56:24. > :56:27.don't have a majority. They won't seek to be offering the presiding
:56:28. > :56:31.officers' posts from their ranks for one thing it much' take a big issue
:56:32. > :56:34.that pulls together the Greens, the Liberal Democrats and the
:56:35. > :56:38.Conservatives and they'll try and seek alliances where they can but a
:56:39. > :56:41.remarkable outcome and for the Conservatives and well done to the
:56:42. > :56:44.Greens moving forwards but the winner sits there and that's Nicola
:56:45. > :56:48.Sturegon. Thank you. Highly articulate, as ever and on no sleep
:56:49. > :56:51.whatsoever. Thank you, and that's it, from here in the Scottish
:56:52. > :56:56.Parliament, there is a special edition of Scotland 2016 tonight on
:56:57. > :57:00.BBC Two at 10.30. But for now we leave you with a look back at the
:57:01. > :57:03.memorable moments of a long campaign, which ended in a
:57:04. > :57:06.significant night for Scottish politics. From Holyrood, from us
:57:07. > :57:18.all, good evening. Nicola Sturegon, Scottish National
:57:19. > :57:50.Party, 15,2... ... Is elected to skefb on the
:57:51. > :57:51.Scottish Parliament. Elected to Conservative on the
:57:52. > :57:57.Scottish Parliament. The Scottish National Party,
:57:58. > :58:26.15,000... Gerald Josephm McGravie, 3,004. --
:58:27. > :58:31.sory, 304, my apologies. I thought something was happening,
:58:32. > :58:35.but possibly not. Thank you very much. #