Cliffhanger British general election finale fails to produce a winner

IT was a result worthy of the most extraordinary British general election for a generation – everybody lost.

British prime ministers are officially described as being first among equals, Gordon Brown is now reduced to being first among losers.

A helter-skelter campaign that was accused of turning British politics into little more than a Simon Cowell spectacular produced a cliffhanger game show finale – Britain’s Got Balance – as the X factor vote proved inconclusive and Mr Brown was left dancing on (thin) ice.