Former Labour cabinet minister Ben Bradshaw says the election result was "disastrous", with Ed Miliband's team assuming that voters would move to the left following the financial crisis. The party must move beyond the Blair-Brown era, the Exeter MP argues.

Labour MP Ian Lavery disagrees with Lord Mandelson's evaluation of why the party lost the election. He can't see how Ed Miliband's agenda could be called too "left-wing", he tells BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend. The Blair project "wasn't always right" and seemed, to some, to "forget" the working classes, he adds.

In case you missed it, US writer PJ O'Rourke has given the BBC his own take on the election , coining a natty slogan in the process: "Accurate Predictions About Today, Delivered First Thing Tomorrow."

A number of international newspapers have said the election result could be good for their countries.

The Dehli-based Mail Today said India had much to gain from the Conservatives' victory. ''Unlike past governments, Cameron has been unapologetic about his admiration for India,'' the online paper said in an editorial.

''Cameron's enthusiasm with India increased with PM Modi coming to power," it added.

The newspaper is published by a joint venture between the Daily Mail and the India Today Group.

Some newspapers in Iran have also been enthusiastic.Reformist paper Sharq said: "From an international perspective, the overwhelming victory of the Conservative Party cannot be a bad news, especially for Iran...

"The stances of Cameron's government in the past two years and in the recent rounds of Iran-P5+1 nuclear talks have undergone positive and serious changes; therefore, the continuation of the work of this government could promise a positive extension of this process as well as resumption of Tehran-London's consular and diplomatic relations."

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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon arrives for the VE Day 70th anniversary commemoration at Westminster Abbey.

With the possibility of an EU referendum now firmly on the table, here's a handy BBC article summing up the key arguments for and against EU membership.

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Dan Jarvis, who could be in the running for the Labour Party leadership, was "very able and down to earth and competent when he worked for me" as an aide de camp, former head of the British Army General Sir Mike Jackson has said.

However, he stopped short of commenting on whether Jarvis should be leader of the Labour party, saying, "I'm not a politician, I'm not a member of the Labour Party and I think it's right that the party, after the shock of its defeat, take stock in its own way and runs its leader competition as it wishes".

He did state "it's a very powerful argument" that it's beneficial for people in the House of Commons to have career experience outside of politics.

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UKIP's Nigel Farage arrives at Westminster Abbey for the VE Day service.

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Former Environment Secretary Owen Paterson says the Conservative Party must give David Cameron the time and the space "to push ahead with his idea that he can get what we want through a renegotiation" ahead of a referendum on EU membership. "We have to let him have a real crack at it," says Mr Paterson, who is a Eurosceptic.

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David and Samantha Cameron attend the VE Day thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey.

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Home Secretary Theresa May is among many politicians attending a service at Westminster Abbey to mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day.