A red traffic lights in Parliament Square illuminates in front of the 'Big Ben' clock tower in London, Friday, May 7, 2010. Britain's two main parties were locked in a power struggle Friday after an inconclusive election.Matt Dunham
It's the day after the British election and, for the first time in four decades, there is no outright winner.
The Conservative Party won the most seats in the election, though short of a majority. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party holds enough seats that he could form a "viable, if highly controversial, government with the third-place Liberal Democrats," writes The Globe and Mail's Doug Saunders.
Mr. Brown told reporters Friday morning that he would let the opposition Conservatives and Liberal Democrats hold power-sharing talks first. If they fail, he offered to speak with Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg.
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