Largely due to the fact that nobody wants an election in the near future, it is quite possible that Cameron will lead the government sensibly and strive for some kind of concensus. Any party, which takes the British public back to the polls before they are ready, is likely to pay a heavy price. Labour got a good hiding at the polls, but the Conservatives are definitely not popular either. In effect, any governing party would be on probation at the moment as there is no ringing endorsement for anyone. I have - I confess - an almost tribal and pathological loathing of the Tories. However, their main objective is to stay in power. They can only achieve that by addressing the nation as a whole rather than their own lunatic fringes. All is not lost.