The governing Democratic Labour Party has retained power in Barbados in a tightly fought election.

BBC: Ruling Democratic Labour Party wins Barbados election

Had it retained power, he would probably have become finance minister, and possibly prime minister.

ECONOMIST: Harry Oppenheimer

Elsewhere, Malaysian stocks surged after the ruling party retained power.

WSJ: Financial Stocks Lift S&P

Malaysian stocks surged on Monday, touching a record high, and the currency jumped after the ruling party retained power in the country's general elections, reassuring investors who had worried about a potential change of government.

WSJ: Malaysia Outperforms Asia on Poll Result

Through the trade unions and councils, it retained localised power which the Scottish Tories, because they had fewer votes and seats than Labour, had to learn to live with and accommodate.

ECONOMIST: Scots in government

But oddly, the UK has retained some capability to "project power" in far corners of the world at the precise moment that the political will to do so has collapsed, because of the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

BBC: Jubilees show UK's declining ability to protect itself

Prussia retained Silesia and emerged as a great military power.

CNN: Saturday,

Facebook is selling Class A stock in its IPO, but the real power (and value) will be retained by holders of the Class B shares.

FORBES: Facebook to Future Stockholders: Bow Down to Mark Zuckerberg

Northern Ireland Electricity was floated on the Stock Exchange and retained responsibility for transmission, distribution and the supply of power.

BBC: A highly charged debate