The UK elections had unexpected results with David Cameron’s Conservative Party leading with a comfortable majority. It was a disappointing setback for Labour’s Ed Milliband, Nick Clegg of Liberal Democrats and UKIP’s Nigel Farage. But David Cameron installed in 10, Downing Street once again has not got a smooth run ahead of him. The Scottish National Party (SNP) has started preparing the ground for a fresh independent referendum by 2017 to split the Union. The other problem is the Conservative Party’s keenness to quit the European Union (EU). Cameron is planning to hold a European Union membership referendum by the end of 2017. Scotland wants to stay in the EU. Cameron has already started working on how to keep the UK intact. He has hinted at giving more powers to Scotland as a way to appease the SNP. Furthermore, to strengthen his party, he has brought back two controversial Conservative leaders from political limbo. Michael Gore, former education secretary, has been made justice secretary. Former immigration minister Mark Harper returns as the Chief Whip in Parliament.
What is special about the sequel to the UK elections is the resignation of the leaders of all defeated parties taking the responsibility for the mauling of their parties at the hustings. It should be a lesson to the leaders of the Opposition parties in India which were absolutely routed in the last general election in the country. But the resignation of the Opposition leaders in the UK will not save that country from its economic crisis as the rich in the UK have trebled their assets and the poor and the middle class have gone under.
