LONDON, (Reuters) British voters punished the Liberal Democrats for their role in a deficit-cutting government yesterday, rejecting the party’s efforts to reform the electoral system and deserting it in local elections.
The outcome points to a rockier future for Britain’s Conservative-led coalition government, with analysts predicting a more combative stance from the Lib Dems, the junior partners.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) scored a bumper haul, winning an outright majority in Scotland’s assembly — which has limited powers devolved from London — and opening
