Scotland's First Minister says the United Kingdom's early election results show that her country should be given another choice on whether to remain with or leave the union.
For many Britons, the general election is a second, unofficial referendum on Brexit. For Scots, it could be the last straw before they try again to break away from the UK.
At this election, the SNP is on track for a landslide and has already claimed a high-profile political scalp with the defeat of the pro-EU Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson by just 149 votes. The Liberal Democrats had hoped to win over pro-EU voters by pledging to overturn Brexit, but an exit poll predicted they would gain just one seat in parliament compared to the last general election in 2017.
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