Shock Victory For David Cameron In Splintered U.K.

Tory Triumph

David Cameron must try to put the United Kingdom back together again after a brutal election campaign.

Global Editorial Director

Published May 8 2015 4:52AM EDT

articles/2015/05/08/shock-victory-for-david-cameron-in-splintered-u-k/150507-nico-cameron-tease_hj847z — Toby Melville/Reuters

LONDON — David Cameron has won an astonishing and unexpected election victory in the bitterly divided United Kingdom.

An unprecedented tidal wave of support for the Scottish National Party helped the Conservative leader by wiping out Labour’s stronghold in the north but more than 50 separatist MPs will now march into...

Nico Hines

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Shock Victory For David Cameron In Splintered U.K.

David Cameron must try to put the United Kingdom back together again after a brutal election campaign.

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