We have already had the repeal of the Human Rights Act and the promised Bill of Rights moved to the back burner. Now we have serious questions about the cost of Free Childcare pushing that down the line, and serious legal questions arising from the proposed sell off of Social Housing, not least because the legal framework under which these properties are built and owned may be government proof. This is all beginning to look dodgy. A clever victory snatched out of nowhere with all the opinion polls fooled, but was it honest? Were the promises made wild and unrealistic, designed to pander to popular sentiment in the expectation that a coalition partner would demand their exclusion? But now with victory comes the reckoning. They were promised. There is a majority. There is no excuse.
But was there really a victory? Only 24% of those who could have voted did actually vote Tory. Three quarters of the electorate are against the government, which is marginally represented in Wales, not at all in Scotland (1 out of 59) or Northern Ireland and only dominant in England. Which leads to more problems about what constitutes a mandate to govern the UK and who can vote for what. So it may be the case that cabinet stomachs filled to the brim with celebration champagne have now turned a little unsettled. Perhaps the chalice will turn out to be poisoned. Rows are reported between Gove, Cameron and May. Ah well.