Modeling Journey

Using the soft-spoken former prime minister Major as a messenger, Cameron is aiming at a binding agreement between the Liberal and Tory parties which would allow him to govern with a comfortable majority, while implementing some key policies of the Liberals and inviting some Liberals into the Tory cabinet.

But Clegg  would do well to prioritize his party's basic needs, and keep his eye on the prize – the best chance in 90 years of achieving a revised electoral system incorporating proportional representation.

Cameron will have to tread carefully with his party because he is facing a revolt from the right over the election result and over the apparent failure of the leadership to consult the party.

As a first step he is planning to meet the backbench 1922 committee next week, although it is without a chairman after