General Election quotes

Under the Tories and the SNP nearly half a million emergency food parcels have been handed out to people across Scotland. That’s the brutal reality of two governments more obsessed with the constitution than delivering for working families. Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale

In Parliament there are a significant number of people who say they accept the referendum but actually try at every turn to tie the hands of the negotiators. Brexit Secretary David Davis

Ukip is finished as an electoral force under its current leadership. Arron Banks, a former major donor to the party

This election cannot be about giving Theresa May a free hand, it must be about strengthening Scotland’s hand. First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon