The Conservatives were this morning poised to take sufficient seats at Westminster to govern the UK alone, after spending five years ruling in coalition with the smaller Liberal Democrats.
After pre-election predictions of a close result and a new coalition, the outcome is a triumph for incumbent Prime Minister David Cameron. He saw the challenge of his main rival, the Labour Party, falter in England and die on its feet in Scotland, where the Scottish National Party (SNP) swept the board.
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