Cameron triumphs: but will he come to miss Nick Clegg?

The Tory right has got its wish: the Lib Dems are gone. Which just makes it harder for the PM

The Mole

As the extent of the shock result began to sink in, David Cameron gave a promise this morning to govern as a One Nation Prime Minister.

But senior Cabinet ministers are already warning that he will have to come to terms with the difficulties of running a government with a wafer-thin majority. And the pressure will come not just from Labour and the SNP, but from the right wing of his own party.

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is the pseudonym for a London-based political consultant who writes exclusively for The Week.co.uk.