Triumphant David Cameron vows ‘one nation’ rule

A triumphant David Cameron tried to heal wounds ripped open in an aggressive election campaign by pledging that he would rule Britain as a “one-nation Tory”.

The language was intended to appease Scottish voters who had turned to the SNP in extraordinary numbers, but the move was dismissed by the party’s Alex Salmond as he insisted Mr Cameron had no legitimacy to govern north of the border.

Mr Cameron’s shock win, which saw the Conservatives defy the polls and storm back to a majority in the House of Commons, resulted in the defeated leaders of the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats and Ukip resigning within 45 minutes of each other.

Mr Cameron will now push forward with plans for an in-or-out referendum on EU membership in 2017 as he tries to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s participation.

Now unrestrained by the Lib Dems, Mr Cameron is set to take the country in a more right-wing direction with €16bn worth of welfare cuts, and the repeal of Britain’s human rights act.

Labour leader Ed Miliband accepted personal responsibility for Labour’s heaviest defeat in 28 years as he quit after only securing 30% of the vote compared to 37% for the Tories. Ukip came third with 13% of the vote.

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