David Cameron's Victory and The Previous Goverment - What They Have To Say

The victory gives the Conservatives a freer hand than in Cameron’s previous government — a coalition with the Liberal Democrats — but the slender majority leaves them prey to rebellion from within their own ranks.
The Times said Cameron would need “every ounce of statesmanship” to surmount the challenges facing him.

“His majority is slim and using it will not be easy. His real work starts now.”

– Hollande warning over EU –

Cameron had already agreed to hold an in-out referendum on Britain’s European Union membership by 2017 due to pressure from the Conservative right wing and a rising UKIP, and he was quick to confirm his pledge on Friday.

There is growing concern in the business community about the referendum, even though Cameron has said he will campaign to stay in as long as he can negotiate reforms to cut down on EU migrants moving to Britain.

EU partners gave a taste of the tough talks ahead in their congratulations for his re-election, with French President Francois Hollande saying that there were “rules in Europe” to be respected.

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said the bloc’s four key principles including freedom of movement were “non-negotiable”.

Cameron will also face a tough battle to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom, and in a post-election speech pledged to grant sweeping new local powers.

Cameron has kept his four main ministers in place and boosted the nominal power of his finance minister George Osborne.

Former education secretary Michael Gove will become the justice secretary while Nicky Morgan will stay on as education chief, it was reported Saturday. Chris Grayling and Mark Harper will also named in the new cabinet.

Cameron is expected to take until Monday to complete his cabinet fully, then finalise more junior ministerial posts over the coming week.

– Scottish secessionists triumphant –

Centre-left Labour lost 26 seats and now has 232 MPs, while the centrist Liberal Democrats were eviscerated after five years in coalition with the Conservatives, ending up with just eight seats after losing 49.

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In Scotland, the left-wing SNP won a historic landslide — 56 of the 59 Scottish seats — just seven months after losing a referendum on seceding from the United Kingdom.

“The people of Scotland on Thursday voted for an SNP manifesto, which had ending austerity as its number one priority,” party leader Nicola Sturgeon said as her MPs rallied Saturday at the iconic Forth Rail Bridge outside Edinburgh.