'Profound implications'published at 05:08 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Summary
Conservatives have Commons majority of 12
David Cameron promises his party will 'govern as a party of one nation'
Ed Miliband quits as Labour leader. Ed Balls loses seat
Labour crushed in Scotland, with SNP winning 56 of 59 seats
Lib Dems routed, big names ousted - Clegg holds seat but resigns as leader
UKIP gets 13% of vote but Nigel Farage quits as leader after missing out on seat
'Profound implications'published at 05:08 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
'Utterly horrific'published at 05:05 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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'Clegg tearful'published at 04:59 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Clegg to resign later?published at 04:59 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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'Economic common sense'published at 04:47 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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'Inconceivable'published at 04:46 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Unfriendly electionpublished at 04:42 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Image source, ThinkstockLiberal seatspublished at 04:39 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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3rd runway at Heathrowpublished at 04:39 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Resignation speculationpublished at 04:23 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Election dramapublished at 04:19 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Nick Clegg votepublished at 03:57 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Farage prospectspublished at 03:57 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Seismic landslidepublished at 03:49 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Vince Cable on the way out?published at 03:43 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Ed Davey gonepublished at 03:40 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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SNP deal with Tories out of the questionpublished at 03:36 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Fightbackpublished at 03:32 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Some good news for Labourpublished at 03:17 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Farage's prospectspublished at 03:14 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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