LONDON: British voters are casting votes on Thursday to elect their Prime Minister and it is being expected that it is going to be tough fight between Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives and Ed Miliband’s opposition Labour Party.
Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives and Ed Miliband’s opposition Labour Party have been neck and neck in opinion polls for months, indicating neither will win enough seats for an outright majority in the 650-seat parliament.
Miliband told supporters in Pendle, in northern England, “This race is going to be the closest we have ever seen,” adding that on the eve of the vote “It is going to go down to the wire.”
While Conservatives candidate Cameron said only his party could deliver strong, stable government: “All other options will end in chaos.”
If neither wins an overall majority, talks will begin on Friday with smaller parties in a race to strike deals.
That could lead to a formal coalition, like the one Cameron has led for the past five years with the centrist Liberal Democrats. Or it could produce a fragile minority government making trade-offs to guarantee support on key votes.
