BORIS Johnson has given his victory speech after winning the biggest Conservative majority since Thatcher - but he didn't make any reference to his party's failings in Scotland.
Speaking at a rally in London after winning 363 seats, Johnson pledged to get Brexit done and deliver on his manifesto promises.
But, unlike in the election debates in which he mentioned blocking indyref2 and a second Brexit vote, the Tory leader didn't bring up the issue of independence at all.
The SNP won 48 seats - an increase of 13 - in the vote, taking some off the Prime Minister and leaving him with six MPs in Scotland.
The SNP saw their share of the vote grow around the country and even took LibDem leader Jo Swinson's seat.
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In his speech, Johnson promised to work for people from "Woking to Workington" and reeled off a list of place names in England and Wales - but he didn't name check any Scottish locations.
He said: "With this election... we put an end to all those miserable threats of a second referendum."
This referred to the second Brexit vote which had formed part of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's manifesto.
With all 59 of Scotland's seats declared by 6am, the SNP had won 48, the Tories took six, the LibDems won four, and Labour one.
Across the country, the SNP won around 45% of the vote.
Speaking to the BBC, the First Minister said the result had exceeded her expectations, she said it was a “clear endorsement of the SNP's message”.
“Scotland couldn't be clearer that we don't want a Boris Johnson government, we don't want Brexit and we want Scotland's future to be in Scotland's hands not dictated to us by Boris Johnson’s conservatives.”
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