Cameron heads back to No. 10

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Prime Minister David Cameron returned to No. 10 today after an unexpected triumph.

The Conservatives, in fact, have won the General Election by 51 per cent, securing a majority of 331 seats. The previous outright win for the Tories had been in 1992.

Mr Cameron, who has described the result “the sweetest victory of them all” despite a tiny overall majority, is about to appoint his all-Conservative cabinet and has already confirmed that both UK Home Secretary Theresa May and Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne, will be staying.

The 2015 General Election, which has been one of the most talked-about, has resulted in a crushing defeat for the Labour Party, which lost 40 out of its 41 seats, despite the Tories and the Opposition being neck and neck until the last day of campaign.

Having received only 36 per cent of the votes, leader Ed Miliband decided to resign. He said: ”I am truly sorry I have not succeeded (…). Put yourself up and continue the fight”.

Also the leader of the third major party quit. The Liberal Democrats’ power has been nearly obliterated with 1 per cent of the votes, which is the worst result for the centre-left party since 1970.

The Lib Dems, who five years ago were joining a coalition government with the Tories, have only secured 8 seats in Parliament.

Nick Clegg is now the ex-party leader and declared: “This has been a cruel and punishing night for the Liberal Democrats (….). Our party will come back, our party will win back (…). It will take patience and resilience (…)”.

Even UKIP leader Nigel Farage resigned. His party is not going to have any seats in Parliament and he has announced his intention “to stay away from the political stage” until the end of the Summer, to possibly put his name through again after a well-deserved break.

Meanwhile, big celebrations are taking place in Scotland. 
In fact, a rampant Nationalist Party has positioned itself as the third largest force at Westminster, securing 56 of 59 Scottish seats in the General Election.

Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon, who is also the First leader of Scotland, has described the victory as “an unprecedented triumph”.

Even the Green Party has seen its most successful election ever, with one million votes for a single MP, Natalie Bennett, who is now looking forward to taking her seat in Parliament. 

Now that one of the longest General Election campaigns has ended, the whole of the UK, with particular regard to the 66.1 per cent of the population who cast their vote, would like to know what to expect from this new, Conservative-only Government.

Details will become clear over the next few days, however, cuts to the Government spending, including the Welfare, new laws empowering the police and security services to prevent terrorism attacks, as well as new agreements with Scotland are already on the list. 

An in/out EU referendum is likely to take place by the end of 2017, as well.