PM Cameron Sweeps To Unexpected Triumph In British Election

​UK Prime Minister David Cameron won a shock election victory in Britain,

overturning predictions that the vote would be the closest in decades to sweep into office for another five years.

The sterling currency, bonds and shares surged on a result that reversed
expectations of an inconclusive "hung parliament" with Cameron jockeying for power with Labour rival Ed Miliband.

meanwhile, Cameron was due to meet Queen Elizabeth before noon to accept a swift mandate to form a government.

Cameron told his enthusiastic supporters at party headquarters that the

victory is the sweetest victory of all; the real reason to celebrate tonight,

the real reason to be proud and the real reason to be excited is that they are going to get the opportunity to serve the country again.

Despite the unexpectedly decisive outcome, more uncertainty looms over whether Britain will stay in the European Union - and even hold together as a country.

Scottish nationalists swept aside Labour, meaning that Scotland, which voted just last year to stay in the United Kingdom, will send just three
representatives of major British parties to parliament and be all but shut out
of the cabinet.

Cameron's victory also means Britain will face a vote which he has promised on continued membership in the EU. He says he wants to stay in the bloc, but only if he can renegotiate Britain's relationship with Brussels.