| Good morning, Voornaam Neil McIntosh, Editor of The Scotsman, here, after what's been a remarkable night. And a bad night to be in a party of government in London or Edinburgh. To summarise: Labour have romped the General Election, and will form the next government with a large majority. Some big Tory beasts lost their seats through the night: Jacob Rees-Mogg and ministers Grant Shapps, Alex Chalk, Lucy Frazer and Gillian Keegan all found themselves out of work. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak won his seat, but conceded defeat nationally, at around 4.42am. Minutes later, in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern gallery in London, Sir Keir Starmer told supporters the UK was waking up to "the sunlight of hope", which was "shining once again on a country with the opportunity after 14 years to get its future back. "Our task is nothing less than renewing the ideals that hold this country together," he told the emotional crowd. Seismic, yes, but also confirmation of what we'd broadly thought would happen. Yet even by the expectations set by opinion polls in the run-up to yesterday's General Election, constituency results have taken us by surprise. Most notable for us in Scotland: as you'll see from our full list of Scottish results so far, this has been a truly dreadful night for the SNP. Labour won every SNP seat in Glasgow and Edinburgh, with names familiar to Scotsman readers - Joanna Cherry, Stewart McDonald, Deidre Brock, Tommy Sheppard - all losing their seats, among many others. The party is currently forecast to win only eight seats. This time yesterday, anything below 20 would have been regarded as a bad night. Our Westminster correspondent, Alexander Brown, notes in his live blog: "For the SNP, it’s a disaster, and leaves independence dead in the water. It was the front page of the manifesto, and the public has manifestly turned its back on them." The political map of Scotland certainly looks very different this morning. Nationally, we've also witnessed the arrival of Reform as a serious electoral force: four seats already won, significant and result-changing showings in a number of other seats, and a vow from Nigel Farage - who won in Clacton - that he'd now come after Labour, just as he'd come for the Conservatives. Coming up on Scotsman.com: we'll continue to bring you the final results, and track events across Scotland and in London, as Labour takes power. We'll have some of Scotland's leading political voices offering their analysis, and the best columnists weighing in too. There will be a lot to think about. Be sure to keep checking in with us through what will be a busy, momentous day. Best wishes, Neil    | 
