Let David Cameron have his moment of glory. The plotters await | Simon Jenkins

In spite of this triumph, the PM will find it harder to keep his own party in order than he did with Nick Clegg

Coalition is dead. Britain has chosen a majority Tory government for the first time in almost a quarter century. From the moment Labour chose Ed Miliband as its leader, David Cameron banked on this. But so enslaved are politicians to the mystic magic of the polls that by Thursday the Tories had all but admitted defeat. Today’s roseate glow of victory was the more exquisite for b...