Thursday, May 7, 2015

Britons go to the polls

Britons are voting in one of the tightest general elections in decades.

Polls suggest neither the Conservative Party of Prime Minister David Cameron, nor opposition Labour's Ed Miliband will win a parliamentary majority.

That raises the prospect of complicated coalition negotiations come Friday.

Scottish Nationalists the SNP may play an important role with the party expected to win a swathe of Scotland's Westminster seats.

UK correspondent Olly Barratt says European countries are paying very close attention to the vote.

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UK correspondent Olly Barratt says the rest of the world has  a series of reasons to pay attention to the vote.

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