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Election 2015: Narrow victory in sight for Conservatives

In the closest general election for decades, the Conservative Party is on the brink of a majority victory as BBC predictions suggest David Cameron’s party could win by just two seats.

However the broadcasters projections have been erratic all night as all the majority parties have seen losses in previous safe-seats, with current Business Secretary Vince Cable and Tory Employment Secretary Esther McVey both losing their seats.

David Cameron, confident he will return to No.10 today, said: “My aim remains simple - to govern on the basis of governing for everyone in our United Kingdom,” he said.

“I want to bring our country together, our United Kingdom together, not least by implementing as fast as we can the devolution that we rightly promised and came together with other parties to agree both for Wales and for Scotland.

“In short, I want my party, and I hope a government I would like to lead, to reclaim a mantle that we should never have lost - the mantle of One Nation, One United Kingdom. That is how I will govern if I am fortunate enough to form a government in the coming days.”

While Labour leader Ed Miliband, who managed to maintain his Doncaster said, said: “Clearly this has been a very disappointing and difficult night for the Labour Party.

“We haven’t made the gains we wanted in England and Wales and in Scotland we have seen a surge of nationalism overwhelming our party.”

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This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .