Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the polling booth. The UK is facing a hung parliament, not for the first time in its political history but surely the most intriguing. The conservative party with 306 seats are 20 seats short of a majority, the Labour party with 258 seats, much further behind but as former labour politician and prime minister Sir Harold Wilson once said, 'A week is a long time in politics' and noone is giving up yet. All eyes are now on Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg and his 57 seats, who's being courted by both parties to see who can carry a majority and therefore form a government. He started official talks with the Labour Party yesterday after Gordon Brown's commitment to quit as Labour Party leader by September, removed one of the major obstacles to a Lib-Lab pact. Live ongoing coverage from the BBC including talking heads interviews. Discussions must surely focus on electoral reform, which the Lib Dems see as unfair for smaller parties as well as budget deficit.
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