What does this mean for Scotland?

[gordi]

Maybe @"gordi"  or @"BIAD"  can explain what it means for Scotland to have the Conservatives holding 315 and seats or more.
[url=http://news.sky.com/story/general-election-live-broadcasters-exit-poll-due-at-10pm-10908978][/url]

You need over 326 seats to form a Majority Government (I think?)
The Conservative leader and Prime Minister Theresa May decided to hold a very early election to try and strengthen her majority (because all of the opinion polls said that she would succeed) so that she would basically have carte blanche to do what she wanted with regards to Brexit.
It seems to have backfired on her as they have lost some seats overall and do not now hold a Majority of seats in Parliament.
The result is a "Hung Parliament" where no one can form a Majority Government  on their own.
This means that to form a Government, the Conservatives must form a union or coalition with one of the smaller parties (probably the DUP of N.Ireland).

Theresa May has weakened her position as PM and with regards to Brexit because she no longer has a Majority to be able to push her own policies through.

In Scotland, the Conservatives actually (surprisingly) gained some ground and some seats there, but the SNP (despite losing a lot of seats) are still far and away the biggest party with a good Majority (in Scotland), so on balance the Hung Parliament doesn't really affect Scotland too much... I think! LOL

All very confusing.

VERY Impressed with BIADs explanation of the UK electoral system btw!

G