LONDON: Overturning all exit polls, Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives party retained power in the United Kingdom on Friday. The Conservatives crossed the halfway mark in the afternoon as deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg resigned as leader of the Liberal Democrats following drubbing of his party at the national elections.
Cameron later visited the Queen and tweeted: “Together, we can make Great Britain greater still. I will implement as fast as I can the devolution that all parties agreed for Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland.”
“We can make Britain a place where a good life is in reach for everyone who’s willing to work & do the right thing.
“I’ve just been to see Her Majesty the Queen & I will now form a majority Conservative Government,” Cameron used the micro blogging platform to make a live address.
Clegg, who in 2010 led his party to its first ever spell in government as junior partner to Cameron’s Conservatives, retained his seat in parliament but saw the vast majority of his colleagues lose theirs.
With nearly all the seats counted, the Liberal Democrats held just eight on Friday morning, down from the 57 they won in 2010.
