UK election: Best bet is that history will be made
London: Polls in Britain's razor-edge election opened early on Thursday in a race that is likely to reshape the country's politics in historic ways. Should Gordon Brown cling to power, his Labour Party will have pulled off one of the most unlikely political comebacks in modern times. Victory for the Conservatives' David Cameron would return his once-discredited party to office after 13 years.
More likely - in an election with important consequences for everything from the war in Afghanistan to the global economy - there will be no clear winner but an unprecedented boost for the Liberal Democrats and their leader Nick Clegg.
All three party leaders, accompanied by their wives, cast their ballots on Thursday morning. Earlier, Britain's tabloids had pulled the trigger with the Daily Mirror running a picture of Cameron along with the words, "Prime Minister? Really?" The Sun, meanwhile, superimposed Cameron's face onto President Barack Obama's technicolor poster that read, "Hope."
Image: Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown holds the hand of his wife Sarah, as they leave a polling station in his constituency of North Queensferry, Scotland, after casting their votes in Britain's General Election on May 6, 2010.
