LONDON: David Cameron, the youthful leader who modernized the party of right-wing icon Margaret Thatcher, became prime minister Tuesday after the resignation of Gordon Brown - capping a gripping election saga that returns the Tories to government after 13 years of Labour Party rule.
Following tradition, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Cameron at Buckingham Palace - a stately denouement to a behind-the-scenes dogfight between Cameron and Brown for the cooperation of Britain's third-place party, after an election that left no party with a majority.
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