DHAKA: Britain’s Saturday newspapers said Prime Minister David Cameron’s election win was a remarkable triumph of quiet conservatism, but leaves him facing battles to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom and Britain in the European Union.

The Conservative centre-right prime minister’s second term in office is set to be much tougher than his first, despite winning a surprise majority in Parliament, the papers warned.

They also reflected on how the defeated centre-left Labour and centrist Liberal Democrat parties could rebuild after the vote, which saw both of their leaders resign in a matter of hours.

The Times said Cameron would need ‘every ounce of statesmanship’ to surmount the challenges facing him in what he has pledged will be his last term in office.

‘Britain’s voters issued a crushing verdict on the record of two major national parties, handed power to a third and launched a revolution in Scotland,’ its editorial said.

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