Voters Go To Polls In Tight U.K. Race -- Wall Street Journal
After one of the closest and most unpredictable campaigns in memory, U.K. voters went to the polls Thursday in an election that itself could have a cliffhanger result.
The opposition Conservative Party and its leader, David Cameron, were long favored to rout Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party and return to power for the first time in 13 years. But the Conservatives slid in the polls this spring as Mr. Cameron's economic message failed to resonate.
Then last month, the race became a multifront war when Britain's No. 3 party, the Liberal Democrats, surged strongly after leader Nick Clegg's star-making turn in televised debates. Mr. Brown, meanwhile, took a hit when a live microphone caught him calling a voter he had just met "bigoted," prompting a humbling round of apologies from the prime minister to the 65-year-old woman he insulted.
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More News On The Election In The U.K.
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