Conservative majority secured. Now the hard part.
Andrew MacDougall: With Boris Johnson now holding the tiger firmly by the tail, there’s no one left to blame should the country take a mauling in the next stage of Brexit negotiations
UK election
Conservatives take Downing Street. Markets rally.
May 8: Counting hasn’t finished, but the outcome is clear: a victory for the Tories and the SNP. Plus, it’s jobs day in North America.
Markets react to NDP win, as voting begins in the UK
May 7: Plus, Alibaba’s IPO hype continues to deflate, and the absent women of the venture capital world
Coalition of the pundits
Wells and I debate whether the UK coalition offers any lessons or examples for would-be coalitioners (how dare you suggest we...
Britain’s headache
The newly minted PM faces a daunting task: fix the U.K.’s finances
A coalition worth getting behind
David Cameron has been forced to earn the confidence of the House, not just assume it
A slow-burn bonfire of liberties
MARK STEYN: Here’s what you get when the state hauls nobodies off to jail for quoting the Bible
This fixed-term election law is built to last
COYNE: To unlock Britain’s election law, you need two keys
The mother Parliament
As Britain embarks on—dear lord, no!—coalition governance, Chris Selley attempts to draw lessons.
That UK election, in full: a guide for the perplexed
ANDREW COYNE’s quick guide to the leaders, the bargaining positions, and the stakes