UK Election Day 2015
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From the Left
There's a blackout in the UK -- on election coverageThere's an eerie sense of calm in Britain this Thursday.
After weeks of bitter name-calling, raucous political debate and media saturation of the UK general election, the airwaves are oddly serene owing to strict rules about what broadcasters can and cannot say on election day.
As millions of voters trudge to polling stations in schools, church halls and even country inns, top television and radio news programs are filled with the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake and the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan.
From the Center
UK voters choose lawmakers in election seen as dead heatBritish voters streamed to schools, churches and pubs Thursday for a say in their country's future, voting for lawmakers in an election expected to produce no clear victor and lead to days of frantic haggling for power.
Polls put Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives and Ed Miliband's Labour Party in a dead heat. Neither looks able to win a majority of Parliament's 650 seats.
Many voters are turning elsewhere — chiefly to the separatist Scottish National Party, which will dominate north of the border, and the anti-immigrant U.K
From the Left
Britain votes in a neck-and-neck contest to determine who will governBritain’s most fiercely fought election in decades moved into the hands of voters Thursday with the two main parties neck-and-neck in a contest that will likely produce frantic political scrambling to form a government.
Although the counting of the votes is expected to be wrapped up within hours after polls close at 10 p.m. (5 p.m. EDT), forming a viable government could take weeks.
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