Britain braces for political deadlock

Britain is facing weeks of political deadlock as both main parties seemed set to fall far short of a majority in Thursday’s election.

Despite the last coalition government being put together in a matter of days in 2010, the results this time around are expected to make things far less clear-cut.

Tensions between previous partners the Tories and Lib Dems exploded into the open when Tory leader David Cameron was branded a “liar” as the junior coalition party in the out-going government said his public claims of being able to gain a majority in the House of Commons were the opposite of his private admissions.