Breaking News - Major Breakthrough in Polarization as Liberals and Conservatives negotiate Peaceful Solution to an Awful Mess

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Leading mouthpieces for the radical left and radical right, along with hostage negotiators from the news media, have struck a tentative but comprehensive deal to tame the shrews and calm the blowhards in order to free the citizens of America being held hostage by the attitude of disdain and polarization that has descended upon the country.

Leaks from insiders involved in the terse and tense negotiations indicate a general consensus has been achieved that will enable law abiding Americans to continue life without provocation and will enable the news media to return to covering meaningful news rather than staged events and choreographed demonstrations.

"a sovereign nation"

The centerpiece of the massive deal, named the Save America First Treaty, is declaring California a sovereign nation, the designation of California as the first sanctuary nation in the world, and designating California as the first refugee safe zone in the world.

In one swift move, the delegates to the negotiations have achieved a single entity willing and able to provide a safe haven for illegal's and refugees, while assuring autonomy from USA laws, rules, and regulations, which could lead to a frightening "normal" state of mind.

This new sovereign nation, called the Nation of Cornucopia, will bring new promise to the downtrodden and disparaged and will feature open borders to the west welcoming all people of the world without a home.

"first sanctuary nation in the world"

Everyone knows that even though there are 38 million residents in California, the millions of new immigrants, illegal immigrants, and Syrian refugees can easily be absorbed and the massive availability of desert environment will make many new residents feel right at home.

San Francisco will be the new capitol of Cornucopia and Los Angeles will be the urban jungle as all people of the world will be assimilated into the Cornucopia culture while preserving all aspects of their current culture with a few exceptions.

Those residing in Cornucopia must disavow religious, political, dietary, environmental, sexual, racial, and other codes of conduct violating the principle of a free and open society where everything that is yours is mine and everything that is mine I keep.

"first refugee safe zone in the world"

Compensation to the remaining United States for the loss of the territory of Cornucopia will consist of the building of a wall around the new nation to protect the openness.

All leftist radicals and elitists in the remaining 49 states will receive a temporary visa in order to arrange to move to the new Shangri-La while right-leaning radicals currently in California will also receive a temporary visa to flee east.

In addition to California, the states of Oregon and Washington will hold a referendum to vote on joining the nation of Cornucopia.  Essential to the success of the new nation is completion of a bi-lateral treaty with Canada, a nation of massive geographic territory yet less population than the current state of California, to absorb any overflow of the illegals, and refugees.

The flag of the new nation of Cornucopia will consist of kisses, lips, rainbows, and moon shots featuring the diversity of the people and the love of radicalism.

Any language is acceptable if spoken by the residents.  There can be no police brutality if there are no police, no senseless killings by guns if there are no guns, no gender bias in bathrooms if uni-water closets are required, and no discrimination against races with the banning of all 5K, 10K, and marathons.

The recognized Founding Father of Cornucopia is George Soros whose investment in the liberal left is legendary.  His generous offer of paying for earthquake protection for the entire nation is just another example of his commitment to Oneness and hedging his bets.

Check your latest texts and social sites on the internet for the latest news of Cornucopia.

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Cruz now America's Chameleon - Fooling Conservatives while being Goldman Sachs new Boy

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Falling into the Spider's Web of Wall Street - a True Cruz Emerges

Our Karma Chameleon

I knew very little about GOP candidate Ted Cruz but something just never seemed quite right.  The story was good, the son of Cuban immigrants exploded on the national scene when he first won a brutal battle in the Texas Republican primary for U.S. Senate in 2012.

He took on the establishment Republican and Lieutenant Governor of Texas at the time, David Dewhurst, shocking Texas, and the nation's political pundits.  Not only was I surprised at the outcome but the winner was certain to be the next Senator from Texas.  Dewhurst was expected to win but Cruz made a last minute surge which confused me as it was clear Cruz could not have unlimited financial resources himself to pay for such a surge.

Though I live far from Texas, I have always maintained an interest in the Lone Star state because I went to Texas every year growing up to see my grandparents and cousins.  They lived all the way down in Mission, right next to McAllen and near Brownsville, on the bottom of the state in the Rio Grande valley across the river from Reynosa, Mexico.

Then there was my interest and love for Buddy Holly, the Texan native who might have been one of the greatest legends of rock 'n roll had he not died in a plane wreck in my home state, Iowa.

Finally, there was the fact David Dewhurst, the guy Cruz beat, was a fraternity brother of mine at the University of Arizona, a fellow member of the Wildcats basketball team, and a pledge class brother.  David came from mighty fine stock, as they say in Texas, and was Texas tough.  So tough, in fact, he not only became Lieutenant Governor after school but he was in the CIA and was a world champion cowboy, he was a team roper and rides cutting horses, so how could he possibly lose to a relative unknown?

Cruz beat him on a last minute surge for that 2012 Senate seat.  Now we know why.

Late in the campaign, Cruz and his wife secured loans from Goldman Sachs and Citibank for $1 million.  Did I mention he forgot to report it on his Federal campaign reports, a violation of federal campaign laws?  Did I mention he forgot to mention in his biography for the senate race and now the presidential race that his wife worked for Goldman Sachs for twelve years, and was a director in the company.

Here is how Cruz tried to explain the federal law violations to the Associated Press.

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Sen. Ted Cruz says that his failure to properly disclose a low-interest loan he received from his wife's employer, Goldman Sachs, for his 2012 Senate campaign amounts to an 
"inadvertent filing error."

Questions about the loan came up as Cruz was on the presidential campaign trail in Dorchester, South Carolina. While he was talking to voters there, the New York Times published a report revealing that Cruz received low-interest loans from Goldman Sachs and Citibank, for as much as $1 million total, while he was running to represent Texas in the Senate. He did not, however, report the loans to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), as required.

When asked about the unreported loans on Wednesday, Cruz told reporters that he and his wife Heidi Cruz funded his 2012 campaign with a combination of savings, sold assets and borrowing against their brokerage account.

"We had a brokerage account that has a standard margin loan like any brokerage account has, and we borrowed against the stocks and assets that we had under ordinary terms," he said. "And so those loans had been disclosed over and over and over again on multiple filings. If it was the case that they were not filed exactly as the FEC requires, then we'll amend the filings, but all of the information has been public and transparent for many years."

When pressed on the matter, Cruz added, "Our finances are not complicated. We put in the entirety of our savings, we did so through a combination of savings accounts and selling assets and taking a margin loan against other assets, and those facts are clear and transparent. And a technical and inadvertent filing error does not change that at all."
Cruz was an insurgent candidate in 2012, who with the support of anti-Wall Street tea partiers, beat the GOP establishment's Senate pick, then-Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, in the Republican primary.

Heidi Cruz is currently on leave from her position as a Goldman Sachs executive to help with her husband's presidential campaign.

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There is nothing transparent about his transactions, and if you knew the real story of Goldman Sachs and politicians, the actions by Cruz would send a chill through your bones.  This is not the first time they have bought off politicians.

Democrats and Republicans alike are in the back pocket of Goldman and the other big bankers and have been.  Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, maybe even Ted Cruz, all seem victims to the Goldman gold.

In case you missed out on it, I have been writing articles since 2008-2009 warning of the unknown consequences of the unholy alliance between both our liberal and conservative politicians and Goldman in particular.

In order to help you understand, I will be reposting some of my many earlier articles and you decide for yourself if Cruz is just another stooge to the puppet master Goldman.  If so, he should have the senate seat taken away from him for violations of federal law and be driven out of the current election.

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The Liberal Media has lost their Memory and Mind

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Ever since Ross Perot erupted on the scene back in 1992 and cost the Republican party the presidential election there has been a melt down in the minds of America's Fourth Estate.

Lost from the minds of the liberals is the history of liberalism in America and the desire of the American public to have balance between the conservative and liberal advocates.  At times, it seems our new generation of news reporters, ignore the tradition and values of Americans and try to push an agenda inconsistent with the public views.

When our country was founded the prevailing constitutional battle was between a dominate central government versus strong state governments.  Even back then, they understood the only obstacle to a successful America was the potential for a concentration of power in our nation's capitol.

Over the years, the pendulum swung ever so slowly between conservative and liberal views but in the 20th Century, the opposing policies became more entrenched.

Along came Franklin Roosevelt and with the depression followed by World War II dominating the USA, there was a massive move to the liberal left.  But once again it could not be sustained as Adlai Stevenson, the darling of the liberals, went up in flames as Ike took control of the post-war America.

Then Kennedy pulled off the closest presidential victory in history, which the liberals took as a mandate, and once again, socialism dominated our policies.  However, Kennedy, the political pragmatist, realized the limited value of socialism and moved to the center.

After his assassination, Viet Nam, the Great Society, Civil Rights, and academic freedom issues tore apart the nation.  Hubert Humphrey, Gene McCarthy, and George McGovern were the poster boys for liberalism.

Once again, the public mood swung to the right and Nixon was elected, dismantled much of the liberal control with his New Federalism, meaning a reduction in the power of the central government, and proceeded to destroy the liberal movement when he defeated McGovern by 18 million votes, the greatest margin in our history.  In the process, he won 49 out of 50 states.

For most of the next four decades, the moderate conservative policy ruled America except for the four years Jimmy Carter was president.  There was Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, who often sounded more Republican than the Republicans, and finally Bush.

Then along came Barack Obama who set out to turn America back into the socialist bastion he dreamed it should be but Barack could deliver on very few of his promises and refusing to take the road of compromise, he introduced partisanship into his leadership and brought the Republic to a near standstill.

Unfortunately, the liberal media played right into his hands and kept seeking out conservatives to be the bad guys, in blocking the Obama socialist agenda.  Thanks to the media, the social issues dominated the headlines throughout Obama's time as president and the government basically ground to a halt.

Back in 1992 when Perot robbed Bush of re-election, it marked the beginning-of-the-end for the two party system.  Since that time, there as been a steady erosion of eligible voters registering to vote, and a steady erosion of the control of the two political parties over registered voters.

This past year two major, milestones were passed in terms of voters.  Within the registered voters in the nation, it was the first time more people declared themselves Independents than either Democrats or Republicans.

Perhaps more foreboding, within the eligible voters, it was the first time more people chose not to register to vote than those registering.  The result was Obama won his last and largest victory with just 25% of the eligible vote.

Pythagorean Analysis of Voter reality in America

Total USA Population Today          325,332,205

Total Population under 18                 78,000,000

Total Population 18 and over          247,322,000

Total Eligible Voters 18+                 247,322,000

Total Registered Voters                    142,200,000

Percent                                                            57%

Total Voter Turnout 2014                121,757,000

Percent of Registered Voters                        85.6%

Percent of Eligible Voters                             49.2%

Total Obama Votes 2014                    62,615,406

Percent of Registered Voters                        44%

Percent of Eligible Voters                             25.3%                                                                        

Total Romney Voters 2014                 59,100,000

Percent of Registered Voters                       41.5%

Percent of Eligible Voters                             23.9%                                    

Total Eligible Voters not Voting       125,565,000

Percent of Eligible Voters                             50.8%                                                

Back on September 16, 2010, I wrote the following.

The March of the Invisible Americans - the Independents

In the past two years a fascinating phenomena has quietly taken place that could change the future of politics in America. Just 18 months ago for the first time the number of people claiming to be Independents has surpassed the total number of members of either the Democrat or Republican parties. If the political bosses of the two parties are paying attention then they better be preparing for an early retirement, their stranglehold on the political system and the government may be coming to an end.

So what if the Independents outnumber the Elephants and Donkeys? Well in simple words it means that nearly 40% of our voters have rejected the policies, programs and candidates of the two party system. It also means this huge voting block reflects the disenfranchised voters of America, the one group of our citizens subject to taxation without representation.

You see just 32 states allow registered Independents to vote in the primary election for federal offices, meaning for those of you who slept during American History class that means 18 states do not allow Independents to vote in the primary. Several are rather large states banning the Independent vote.

Now some enterprising Independents have formed a bunch of Independent political parties in order to get on the ballot but the states, thanks to the pressure from the two reigning political parties, have made the rules so difficult it is hard to accomplish. Even with his millions of dollars Ross Perot, without a doubt the most successful Independent candidate in the 20th century, still was not on all ballots.

Ross did what he had to do and in spite of the efforts of the two parties to crush him he still got 19% of the vote and cost Bush senior the election.  Clinton won by far less than the 19% Perot took away from both party candidates. More on Mr. Perot later as I intend to report on my years as a media advisor to Ross Perot and the things he was doing for people behind the scenes.

Why are states forcing Independents to set up their own political party when they are Independents because they are fed up with the political parties that exist? They don't want their own party, there is all ready to much politics in America. They just want the right to vote for candidates from either party or any of the many minor parties like the Green Movement, etc. in the primary and general elections.

Who gave the Democrats and Republicans the right to dictate who we can choose from on the ballot? In many cases the parties are protecting the worst candidates and the parties have demonstrated that their primary purpose is to protect the political system that is corrupt to the bone. If America is the land of the free then why do the political parties get to screen and virtually dictate who we can vote for in the elections?

As America has matured and both parties have demonstrated an equal zeal to promote greed and corruption the difference between the Democrats and Republicans has vanished. Oh it may be that most liberals are Democrats and most conservatives are Republicans but there are liberals, conservatives and moderates in both parties.

It may be that the party and presidential candidate have a platform to run on but as every winner the past century including the most recent candidate of change Barack Obama have demonstrated, once they win nothing really changes. Both parties are addicted to campaign money, both try to control government policy and in the end the rich still get richer while the middle class is left holding the bag. There will never be effective and honest campaign reform as long as the two parties control the candidates for president, the House and the Senate.

It is time someone sensible in our nation's capitol step up and give all the voters rights. It is time we recognize that control of the government is not the right of the political parties but the people. It is time we pay attention to what got us into this mess in the first place, taxation without representation, greed and a healthy dose of corruption.

I don't remember reading anything about the power or role of the Democrat or Republican parties in our Declaration of Independence or Constitution. There were no guarantees that they should be allowed to control our national policy nor pick our candidates. Fact is they weren't even in existence when our Founding Fathers were debating our future.

I believe both parties should have a voice in national politics, along with the Independents. Then the voice of the people will be heard. Right now only the political machines are heard. Someone in Washington should clean up the mess. For the first 100 years third parties were essential to our success as our forefathers knew there was an inherent danger in allowing political control to be concentrated in a couple of parties.

It was a system that worked quite well. Then came the party bosses who tapped the money and found out how financially rewarding control could become if only they could force the public to pick between two stooges. Occasionally we get good presidents. But there are a lot more good people that could be helping out the country but they will never get the chance because they do not have the backing of the political parties, unions, Wall Street or the money managers, all who conspire to preserve the status quo.

In summary, neither political party has an interest in preserving our future, just protecting their special interests.  Obama tried to tip the balance of interests in America by pushing his aggressive socialist agenda.  It failed.

Now the Democratic party is running a liberal, a progressive, and a socialist for president while the GOP have a mix of moderates and conservatives.  Our future is not about party, it is about people.  Is it really surprising that those outside the political system present the greatest challenge to continuing with business as usual?

I say let the liberal media and political parties keep living in fantasyland, and the people will rip the nation right out from under them.  Perhaps that is the only way to elect people to serve the people, a long, lost American principle.

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It took a woman to do what Braveheart could not - Free Scotland! Nicola Sturgeon stuns Britain in election.

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Scotland is dancing for joy tonight celebrating the astonishing election results by Nicola Sturgeon, historic by any measure, as her Nationalist party literally blew the Labor party off the map.

Most people do not realize Scotland was settled 8,500 years before the first records of Britain existed, and since the 13th Century, Scots have been fighting for independence from England and Great Britain.

Well the day of reckoning may have arrived and the savior of Scotland is not Sir William Wallace from "Braveheart" but a diminutive 5' 4" and 44 year old, woman has emerged as the newest hope to lead Scotland back to independence and return the country to the incredible nation that has contributed so much to the world.

Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (born July 19, 1970) has never set foot in Westminster - but, as the leader of the SNP, she may yet exert significant influence on the result of the General Election. As Scotland's serving First Minister, she is also the only leader apart from Nick Clegg and David Cameron to have already run a country.

Born in Irvine, Ayrshire, one of three daughters of Robert Sturgeon (and electrician) and Joan Sturgeon (a nurse), she studied law at the University of Glasgow and worked as a solicitor. But in 1992, the year she graduated, she had already been an SNP member for six years - and that same year became Scotland's youngest parliamentary candidate.

Sturgeon came to the Party through the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (scrapping Britain's nuclear weapons is now one of her policies). She stood unsuccessfully in the General Elections of 1992 and 1997, but won a seat in the new devolved Scottish Parliament. She planned to run for the party leadership in 2004, but withdrew when Alex Salmond announced his candidacy, falling into place behind him instead as his running mate. From 2007 to 2014, through the SNP's first minority government and its first landslide win, she was Deputy First Minister; when Salmond resigned in the wake of the failed referendum on Independence, nobody even stood against her to replace him.

Under her leadership, the SNP's members have swelled to over 100,000. She's given speech after speech to packed conference halls of zealous SNP supporters, rousing them to rapturous cheers. Like Ukip, she vows to "shake up and reform" the tired "Westminster system". But she is also making a canny pitch to voters south of the border and left of Labour who she thinks can be won to her cause.

And she hasn't been shy about the demands she would make of Ed Miliband. She wants to remove the £26,000 annual benefits cap and get £180 billion more public spending; she wants the welfare system to be more generous and the minimum wage to rise to £8.70 an hour. She has described blocking a renewal of the Trident nuclear submarine programme as her "absolute" red line. She sees herself as the spearhead of a progressive front in Westminster which could force Labour back to its red roots. But she doesn't want to be locked into a coalition with them, and has mocked Ed Miliband for ruling one out.

All the while, the shadow of Alex Salmond is looming over her. Opponents say her leadership is being undermined by his frequent interventions, with some accusing her of being in his pocket. At the SNP's spring conference he was supposed to have just a fringe meeting but instead ended up hogging the main stage. Even putting aside the sexism she faces as the SNP's first female leader, she has repeatedly had to insist that she, not he, is leading the party. When he stepped down as party leader, she spoke of the "immeasurable" debt she owed him for his "constant advice, guidance and support".

But don't underestimate her. In her early days, she had a reputation for being too serious. Some called her "nippy sweetie" - Glasgow slang for an irritable person - which she tried to defuse by handing out actual sweeties during her first leadership campaign. Now things are very different. By turns spiky, inspiring, sincere, calm, and utterly merciless, she is known for her fierce performances at FMQs (First Minister's Questions). In a debate over the referendum last year, she savaged Alistair Carmichael, who at one point had to appeal to the moderator to rescue him.

Her one big scandal came from a letter she wrote for a constituent, Abdul Rauf, who was charged with defrauding over £80,000 in benefits. She later apologised for asking the judge not to jail him.
Sturgeon lives in Glasgow with Peter Murrell, the SNP's chief executive and campaign strategist, who she married in 2010. Her mother is also a councillor. In her time off, she likes watching the X-Factor and is a huge fan of the Danish drama Borgen, about a charismatic politician who unexpectedly becomes the country's first female Prime Minister. Will life imitate art?

Here are more of the news stories about her rise to power.

Now Cameron faces SECOND fight to save the Union: Prime Minister may have to grant Sturgeon even MORE power - including fiscal autonomy - to fend off SNP insurgency

The Mirror

Nicola Sturgeon crowned Queen of Scots as she says landslide victory is 'watershed in Scottish politics'

The SNP leader saw her party win a landslide north of the border, gaining seat after seat as Ed Miliband's party lost tens of thousands of votes.

Arriving at the Glasgow count in the early hours of the morning to a hero's welcome, the first minister said: “I am feeling absolutely fantastic.

“This is a watershed in the politics of this country and all the SNP candidates must now work to stand up for Scotland. Whatever happens, the Government must take heed of what has happened here.”
Her offer to form a Government with Labour remained in place, but is unlikely to be taken up.

Labour lost what was its safest Scot seat, the SNP seizing the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency which had been held by Gordon Brown.

With an SNP landslide, Labour candidate Kenny Selbie failed to follow in his footsteps.

As results came through in Glasgow, once the power house of the Scottish Labour movement, a nationalist supporter in a yellow waistcoat and tie shouted: “We've scalped them!”.

In a matter of hours, as the city's seven seats were declared, Labour lost power in every one.
The SNP also took Kilmarnock and Loudoun from Labour, with a 26% swing. That was the first Scottish result of the night.

The Independent

Scotland election results: SNP celebrates 'electoral tsunami' as Labour obliterated

The SNP is celebrating the most important moment in its history after an “electoral tsunami” swept Scotland, wiping out the Labour Party’s previously dominant presence north of the border at a single stroke.

Nicola Sturgeon’s party won 56 of Scotland’s 59 Westminster seats, exceeding most expectations as its candidates recorded huge victories over their Labour rivals throughout the night.

Alex Salmond, the party’s former leader who failed to win independence for Scotland at last year’s referendum, said the country would now have a “resounding” and “united” voice at the House of Commons. “There’s going to be a lion roaring tonight, a Scottish lion,” he added.

Among the more remarkable results on a historic night for the SNP was its defeat of Jim Murphy, the Scottish Labour leader, who lost his East Renfrewshire seat to Kirsten Oswald after serving the constituency for 18 years.

CNN

London (CNN)In what is threatening to be an election nightmare for the opposition Labour Party, a 20-year-old Scottish student has become Britain's youngest lawmaker since 1667 -- ousting one of Labour's top figures in the process.

Politics student Mhairi Black, representing the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP), took Paisley and Renfrewshire South, a constituency outside Glasgow, from Douglas Alexander, Labour's election chief and a former Cabinet minister.

"It has clearly been a very difficult and disappointing night for the Labour party," Ed Miliband told supporters as he retained his own seat. He cited a "surge of nationalism in Scotland" as having affected the Labour party's results.

Scotland, traditionally kind to Labour, turned it back on the Opposition in favor of the SNP.

Washington Post

British election results produce seismic political shift in Scotland

The Telegraph

Scotland election 2015 results: SNP landslide amid almost total Labour wipeout - as it happened

Nicola Sturgeon's party surges to victory in 56 out of 59 seats as Labour suffers almost total election wipeout in Scotland - as it happened

The SNP has entirely altered the political landscape in Scotland, winning 56 of the nation's 59 seats - many of them on record-breaking swings. To recap, here is the party's night by numbers.

The largest took place in Glasgow North East, where a swing of 39.3pc saw Anne McLaughlin gain the seat from Labour's Willie Bain. This had been Labour's safest seat going into the election.

There was another huge swing of 36.2pc from the SNP to Labour in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill, and one of 35.2% in Glasgow South West.

Nicola Sturgeon's party also enjoyed a 34.9pc swing from Labour in Glenrothes, and 34.6pc in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, the former seat of Labour's Gordon Brown.

Further huge gains were made in Motherwell and Wishaw, with a 33.8pc swing, and Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East, where the swing was 31.7pc.

History was made in Paisley and South Renfrewshire, where shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander lost his seat to 20-year-old Mhairi Black, who became the youngest MP since 1667.

Former SNP leader Alex Salmond won in the Aberdeenshire seat of Gordon, overturning a 7,000-Liberal Democrat majority in a seat that was held by Sir Malcolm Bruce for 32 years.

A total of three seats did not fall to the SNP. Alistair Carmichael held on to Orkney and Shetland for the Liberal Democrats, Labour's Ian Murray retained Edinburgh South and David Mundell kept Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale for the Conservative Party.

The SNP won only six seats at the 2010 general election. Their total now stands at 56. The party ended up with a 50pc share of the vote in Scotland, up by 30 points from 2010. Labour won just 24.3pc of the vote, down by 17.7 points from five years ago.

07.59 Johnson proposes 'federal offer'

As Scotland turns yellow, Boris Johnson - the London Mayor and new Conservative MP for Uxbridge - says:

There has to be some kind of federal offer. Everybody needs to take a deep breath and think about how we want the UK to progress.

I think even most people in the SNP, probably in their heart of hearts, most people who voted SNP tonight, do not want to throw away absolutely everything.

News comments by the clock during election night

07.53 Adopting SNP proposals?

The Conservatives could now adopt SNP proposals on devolution, Political Correspondent

Matthew Holehouse tweets.

07.44 'We will make Scotland's voice heard at Westminster'

"What a result," tweets Nicola Sturgeon after the SNP's landslide victory in Scotland.

07.35 Worst ever result for Labour in Scotland

This makes it the worst ever general election result in Scotland for Labour after the party won just one seat north of the border.

The party was all but wiped out as the SNP surged to victory across the country. With only one MP returned - Ian Murray in Edinburgh South - Labour's showing is worse than in 1906, its first election when it won two seats.

07.28 Final seat decleared

The final seat in Scotland has been declared - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk has gone to the SNP.

It means the party has finished with 56 out of Scotland's 59 seats - a humiliating loss for Labour and triumph for Nicola Sturgeon.

07.23 Electoral tsunami

The strongest comments of the night in Scotland come from Alex Salmond, who said the SNP had triggered an "electoral tsunami".

As the SNP swept up one Labour stronghold after another - toppling the party's Scottish leader Jim Murphy and shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander and snatching the former constituency of ex-prime minister Mr Brown - the party's former leader Mr Salmond said there had been an "electoral tsunami" north of the border.

Mr Salmond, who returned to Parliament as MP for Gordon, said: "There's going to be a lion roaring tonight, a Scottish lion, and it's going to roar with a voice that no government of whatever political complexion is going to be able to ignore."

07.00 One seat to declare

There is just one Scottish seat left to declare - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk.

Of Scotland's 59 seats, so far 55 have been declared SNP, one Labour, one Tory and one Lib Dem.

06.45 Danny Alexander says Lib Dems should 'hold [their] heads high'

Now for some more comments from Mr Alexander, after losing his seat to SNP: "It's been a very tough election and a lot of us have been swept away by this tidal wave of nationalism that has taken over many constituencies in Scotland. We all have to reflect on that.

He said he was proud of what he had achieved for the area and in government, adding: "I'm grateful for the support I received, but it wasn't enough.

"Drew Hendry has been elected and good luck to him."

He said while the number of votes he had received was "very similar" to his tally in 2010, but this time round he had not had enough to win.

"That's deeply disappointing," Mr Alexander said.

"But I think as Liberals, and Liberal Democrats, we should hold our heads high in terms of what we've achieved in the country, but clearly we have a lot of rebuilding to do.

"The flame of Highland liberalism will keep burning and our job is to make it burn brighter in the years to come."

06.43 Charles Kennedy wants to stay in politics

If you have just joined us, good morning. If you've been with us all through the night - stay strong!

Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy says he plans to remain involved in politics despite becoming one of the many casualties of the night at the hands of the SNP.

He was beaten into second place in the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency by Nationalist Ian Blackford, who won with 20,119 votes, a majority of 5,124.

Mr Kennedy, who got 14,995 votes, said serving as an MP had been the "greatest privilege" of his public life.

After the result was announced, he said:

I'll obviously personally be sorry not to be a voice in the Commons contributing to that debate.

Although I certainly intend to continue to contribute in whatever way possible to the wider political debate and the activity of the Liberal Democrats.

The greatest privilege of my public life over these past 32 years has to be being entrusted with the responsibility of representing this constituency.

That is thanks to a generation and more of voters who have extended that trust to me and I hope looking back over those 32 years they will feel that it was trust well placed.

06.30 Danny Alexander on losing his seat: 'that's democracy'

Danny Alexander is speaking to the BBC following his defeat. He said: "I've lost an election, that's democracy" adding: "We fought a very good campaign locally...we've seen this SNP wave across Scotland. I think I've fallen victim to that more than anything else."

He declined to comment on Nick Clegg's next moves, saying: "I think that's for him to say".

Asked whether he thought going into coalition with the Conservatives would cost the Lib Dems so dearly, he said: "I thought that it would potentially cost us seats in some places [but] I didn't expect results as bad as those tonight."

He added that in the face of rising nationalist parties such as SNP, "Liberalism has never been more needed in our country than now".

Danny Alexander, Esther McVey, Vince Cable and Douglas Alexander all lost their seats

06.15 Press Association take a look back at Danny Alexander's rise to power, and his dramatic - though not entirely unpredictable - fall from grace.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has become the highest ranking politician in Scotland to lose his seat in the general election.

The Liberal Democrat, who was at the heart of the coalition government, is one of many who have been ousted from office in the wake of the SNP's historic landslide.

He was elected as the MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey back in 2005, but has now lost that title to nationalist Drew Hendry.

The senior Liberal Democrat joined the "quad" alongside Nick Clegg, David Cameron and George Osborne, when David Laws resigned just days after the government was formed.

Mr Alexander spent the rest of the parliament alongside the Chancellor, hammering away at the public finances and becoming Mr Clegg's effective number two.

But becoming the public face of spending cuts and a Tory chancellor's deputy has cost the former head of communications at the Cairngorms National Park Authority.

Mr Alexander spent time on the Lib Dem "differentiation" strategy towards the end, culminating in the delivery of an alternative budget in March.

But the stunt, which included the presentation of a bright yellow budget box, backfired and was widely viewed as a farcical use of the Commons.

During the campaign, Mr Alexander released details of what he said were Tory plans to slash welfare.

Voters in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey walked away from the man they first elected in 2005, swept up by anti-Liberal Democrat feeling and surging support for the Scottish National Party.

The crushing verdict was predicted by polls by Lord Ashcroft, who found support for Mr Alexander had collapsed.

06.05

Nicola Sturgeon declared the SNP's stunning Westminster success a "historic watershed" in Scottish politics.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon celebrates with supporters as her party wins yet another seat from Labour (PA)

06.00

Danny Alexander, the former Chief Secretary of the Treasury, becomes the latest Lib Dem to lose his seat.

He lost the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey seat to the SNP's Drew Hendry.

Inverness in its various guises was traditionally a hotbed for pliant Scottish liberalism, but thing hadn't been looking good for Mr Alexander.

Several Lib Dem MPs skipped his 'alternative fiscal plan' in March, and now it appears several voters have skipped his name on the ballot paper as they scan for the SNP candidate.

05.50 Here is Simon Johnson's round up of the evening so far: SNP tsunami swamps Scotland and destroys Labour

He writes:

The SNP has staged an unprecedented and historic landslide general election rout in Scotland that saw Labour all but wiped out in its former stronghold and the United Kingdom facing a major new threat to its future.

On an extraordinary night north of the Border that left any hope Ed Miliband had of winning power in tatters, the Nationalists polled more than 50 per cent of the votes and was on course to take at least 55 of Scotland’s 59 seats compared to just one for the Labour, one for the Tories and one for the Liberal Democrats.

Nicola Sturgeon after casting her ballot at Broomhouse Community Hall in Broomhouse, Scotland

05.42

Oh dear. It has not been a good night for the Lib Dems.

Sir Menzies Campbell, the former Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, says Scotland must prepare for a second referendum.

Meanwhile, Charles Kennedy - who lost his seat to SNP - calls tonight the "Night of the long sgian dubhs".

Nick Clegg said he would be discussing his leadership with Liberal Democrat colleagues after a "cruel and punishing night for his party".

05.40

Miliband on a 'disappointing and difficult night'

05.,30 Charles Kennedy is the latest in a series of high profile Labour and Lib Dem MPs to have lost their seats to SNP.

Earlier this evening, Douglas Alexander, Labour's shadow foreign secretary, lost his seat to Mhairi Black, a 20-year old student representing SNP is the youngest MP in more than 300 years.

Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy also lost his seat in East Renfrewshire to SNP.

Lib Dem ex-business minister Jo Swinson lost her east Dunbartonshire to the SNP.

05.25 Yet another high profile loss for the Lib Dems in Scotland, as Charles Kennedy loses his Ross, Skye and Lochaber seat to the SNP's Ian Blackford - an old adversary of Alex Salmond.

Geographically this is the UK's largest seat - most settlements are extremely remote and sparsely populated. It includes Ben Nevis, the UK's tallest peak.

Charles Kennedy, the former Liberal Democrat leader, was elected here in 1983 in the SDP's only gain. He was reelected in 2010 with over 50% of the vote, but it seems even the traditionally liberal Highlands were not safe from the SNP's surge.

05.15

News just in from Simon Johnson, our Scottish political editor:

Recount in Berwickshire Roxburgh and Selkirk. The incumbent is Michael Moore, the Lib Dem former Scottish Secretary, but it is thought that it will be taken by either the Tories or the SNP

05.10

Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Tories, congratulates David Mundell, the only Tory MP in Scotland so far.

05.06

If you are still awake, give yourself a pat on the back - you are a real trooper.

If you are flagging, here are seven tips for staying awake all night, courtesy of Telegraph Men.

05.05

David Mundell, the only Tory MP in Scotland last time, holds on in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

This is the Conservatives' sole Scottish seat since 2005. They had 36 in 1955.

Mundell is (somewhat inevitably) a minister in the Scottish Office. Labour were his closest challenger in 2010, albeit 9% back, but the SNP have surged since then and Ashcroft had them level with Mundell in a February poll. The Tories faced being wiped out in Scotland for the second time if he faltered.

He managed to hold on to the seat, but it was a close shave. Mundell had 20,759 votes versus 19,961 for SNP's Emma Harper.

It means Scotland is likely to have at least as many Conservative as Labour MPs! The Tories could also win the neighbouring Scottish Border seat.

05.00

Elsewhere, more SNP victories in Edinburgh East (from Labour) and in Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross (from Lib Dem)

Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross has a colourful electoral history. There's a strong Liberal tradition - the party's leader at the 1945 election, Archibald Sinclair, was the MP here for 23 years - which continues to this day in the form of Lib Dem incumbent Robert Maclennan, who came from Labour via the Social Democrats, and briefly led the party.

04.35 Labour hold a Scottish seat

The unthinkable has happened - Labour has managed to hold a seat in Scotland.

Labour's Ian Murray has held Edinburgh South with a slim majority. Labour won 19,293 votes, compared to SNP's 16,656

BIG NEWS - Labour wins what looks like its only seat in Scotland. Ian Murray holds Edinburgh South. Neil Hay, his SNP opponent, was exposed as being a Cybernat troll during the campaign

04.20

Ben Riley-Smith reports from Alex Salmond's count in Gordon.

Alex Salmond is an MP again. The former First Minister has just been elected in Gordon.

04.15 Calls for Jim Murphy to resign

Labour's Ian Davidson, who lost his Glasgow South-West seat to the SNP, said Mr Murphy could not now continue as leader and called on him to resign. He told the BBC:

He was elected as party leader on the basis that he was an MP. Only MPs and MSPs can stand for the leadership.

Morally, as the man who has led us to the biggest ever disaster that Labour has suffered in Scotland ... of course he can't continue.

The process of rebuilding the Labour party has got to start with an examination of both personnel and ideas.

And therefore Jim has got to do the honourable thing and resign. I'm sure once he has got time to reflect, he will do that.

04.10 Mhairi Black: Britain's youngest MP for 350 years

04.05 Alistair Darling's former seat of Edinburgh South West goes to the SNP

04.00 The first Scottish seat has been won by a party other than the SNP - Alistair Carmichael, the Scottish Secretary, holds on in Orkney and Shetland

This seat represented the Lib Dems' highest share of the vote in 2010 and one of their last remaining bastions in Scotland. In fact, some projections put this as the only Lib Dem win north of the border. Throughout the 1950s, this was the Liberals' only Scottish seat.

03.53

Although the SNP looks like it is being denied the chance to hold a power balance at Westminster and back a Labour government, many of its critics claim that another Tory government is exactly what the Nats desire.

Although Ms Sturgeon has hotly denied this, many nationalists reckon that they have a better chance of achieving independence if they have a right wing government in London pursuing policies that would be unpopular in Scotland.

03.50

Nicola Sturgeon has told BBC Scotland: "This is shaping up to be an outstandingly good night for the SNP but I think a good night for Scotland. The tectonic plates of Scottish politics have clearly shifted – what we are seeing is a historic shift in Scottish political opinion.

“It hasn’t happened overnight, not even in the last seven months since the referendum, although that’s accelerated the process, but Labour has been losing the trust of people in Scotland now over a period of years.”

Miss Sturgeon rode a wave of support north of the border throughout the campaign (Getty Images)

Rejecting Labour claims he is to blame for Mr Cameron’s imminent victory, she said that if the parliamentary arithmetic does not mean the Tories can be “locked out” of Downing Street “that will be because Labour has failed to beat the Conservatives in England. Labour cannot blame the SNP for that.”

Ms Sturgeon insisted she would not do a deal with the Prime Minister to get full fiscal autonomy, adding: “The Tories cannot ignore what has happened in Scotland tonight – Scotland has clearly voted for an end to austerity and more investment in our public services and a stronger economy. These are the messages we will now take to the very heart of Westminster.”

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