Britons head to polls today to choose next govt in most unpredictable election


A combination picture shows (top L-R) Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon, Opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband (bottom L-R) British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservatives David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg campaigning in the run up to the UK elections. - AFP

LONDON: Britain’s political leaders launched their last day of campaigning for the most unpredictable election in living memory which could yield no clear winner and weeks of haggling over the next government.

With neither Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives nor Ed Miliband’s Labour expected to win a majority today and smaller parties on the rise, the election could also confirm a shift to a fragmented style of politics more familiar in other parts of Europe.

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