[REUTERS] Britons voted on Thursday in the tightest election for decades; one that could cause government gridlock, push the world's fifth-largest economy closer to leaving the European Union and stoke a second attempt by Scotland to break away.Final opinion polls showed Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives and Ed Miliband's opposition Labour Party almost in a dead heat, indicating neither will win enough seats for an outright majority in the 650-seat parliament.
However, the surveys suggested there had been some late movement toward Labour.
"I'm not asking you simply to vote Labour. I'm asking you to vote to reward hard work again and to build a future for all our young people," Miliband said on Twitter after casting his vote. "Today is the day we can change Britain."
Oooh! Look! Hopey-changey stuff!
| Or possibly Cameron will remain prime minister. The Telegraph is carrying results live here. All sorts of interesting articles on the election on their front page, should you be interested, dear Reader. |