David Cameron and Conservatives Get Majority in British Election

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservatives won a resounding victory in the British general election, with complete results on Friday showing that the party had secured an overall majority in Parliament.

The vote was a stunning disappointment for the opposition Labour Party and its leader, Ed Miliband, who had shifted the party away from the more centrist strategy it pursued in the late 1990s and early 2000s under Tony Blair. Mr. Miliband stepped down on Friday, opening up a new debate over the party’s direction.

The result defied pre-election opinion polls that suggested a tight race between the Conservatives and Labour. It returns Mr. Cameron to 10 Downing Street for a second term, with enough seats in the House of Commons to act on his agenda without having to rely on support from smaller parties.

He went to Buckingham Palace on Friday for the formal step of being invited by the queen to form a new government.

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[KamaAina]

1. Bollocks!

[onehandle]

2. A UK Conservative is to the Left of most Republicans.

Not that it's not bad news, but imagine our Majority Teabagger Congress with a President Ted Cruz.

This ain't that.

[mvd]

3. True but I can not stand Cameron

He belittles Labor/what is considered liberal in the U.S. and has reduced spending by too much. I think a majorty conservative government will make things worse than they are now. Not that Labor is perfect - Blair worked with the likes of Bush/Cheney on Iraq - but they seem to have learned their lesson.

[roamer65]

4. David Cameron, Prime Minister of England.

That was the result of the election last night and Alex Salmond of the SNP will make it painfully clear very soon.