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PM Cameron humiliated in election rout

David Cameron was under pressure on Friday after his Conservatives were beaten into third place in the Eastleigh by-election by his scandal-hit Liberal Democrat coalition partners and UKIP. Cameron admitted it was a “disappointing” night for his party after the Lib Dems held the parliamentary seat.

Coming for Cameron? Poor showing in bellwether vote rattles Conservatives

The Christian Science Monitor

Britain awoke Friday to the sound of political knives being sharpened for the prime minister, David Cameron, after a win for his Liberal Democrat coalition partners in a bellwether parliamentary by-election that consigned Mr. Cameron’s Conservative Party to third place.  The overnight victory was astonishing.