The Tory party is in a triumphalist mood at the moment because they have for the first time since 1992 a mandate to govern. Without wishing to be mean (well just a little) and to cast a teeny shadow over the celebrations (actually quite a big one) I have had a look at the figures.
The Conservatives achieved 36.9% of the votes cast. The turnover in the UK was 66.1%. Follow the maths and that means the Conservatives managed to get no more than 24% of the votes of those eligible to take part. Under a quarter of the population voted for them preferring either to vote for some other party or not to vote at all. Put more brutally 76% of those entitled to voter did not feel Cameron and Co worth voting for.
That is not a mandate for anything.