Anne McLaughlin MSP has condemned comments by Labour's Margaret Curran attempting to blame the SNP for the UK election result because 'they stood candidates against Labour'. Glasgow SNP MSP Ms McLaughlin said: "Margaret Curran is obviously upset about Labour being out of power at both Westminster and Holyrood, but calling for the abolition of democracy seems an extreme response.

"Does she really think that Labour have a divine right to stand unopposed and unquestioned in Scotland?

"The fact is that the outcome of this UK election was not inevitable. There was a progressive, anti-Tory alternative on offer but the Labour Party could not rise above their blind hatred of the SNP in order to pursue it.

"Labour have let the people of Scotland down. They promised to protect Scotland from the Tories - instead they have opened the door to a Tory government in Scotland."