Firstly, the SNP will be under great pressure to record another resounding result in Scotland after 2015's historic victory, which saw it win 56 of the nation's 59 seats at Westminster.
Ms Davidson has come under fire in recent weeks over her support for the so called "rape clause".
Ruth Davidson said a year ago that the UK Government shouldn't block an independence referendum - now she's backing Theresa May's attempts to do just that.
Dugdale will launch Labour's local election campaign today in Edinburgh, alongside her deputy Alex Rowley.
She accused Labour, the Lib Dems, the SNP and members of the House of Lords of "game playing", saying this could undermine the United Kingdom government's efforts to negotiate the Brexit settlement.
A snap General Election has sent shockwaves through Holyrood.
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The Lothians MSP has instead warned Scots against backing the "ruthless" Tories as polls suggest Ruth Davidson's party is poised to push Labour into third spot for the second Scottish election in a row when voters go to the polls on May 4.
"That means that this will be - more than ever before - an election about standing up for Scotland, in the face of a right-wing, austerity-obsessed Tory government with no mandate in Scotland but which now thinks it can do whatever it wants and get away with it".
Dr Kirsty Hughes, an expert on European politics and founder of the SCER, said: "If there were a second independence referendum in March 2019, Scottish voters would know a lot more than now about the outcome of the Brexit talks, and about whether an independent Scotland would definitely aim to re-join the EU".
"It will once again give people the opportunity to reject the (Conservative government's) narrow, divisive agenda, as well as reinforcing the democratic mandate which already exists for giving the people of Scotland a choice on their future", she said. We will start the process of selecting our candidates this afternoon.
She told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "What we've said to the UK Government is the guidance as it stands at the moment can not be disseminated".
"If people want a Britain that is open, tolerant and united, this is the chance". Liberal Democrats are only party that can stop a Conservative majority across the UK.
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