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Election Day in Britain
via guardian.co.uk

This Thursday is Election Day in Britain. I haven't followed it as closely as perhaps I should, but if I had to guess, I'd wager Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats will end up being in the driver's seat. From what I've read so far, the incumbent Prime Minister, Labour's Gordon Brown, is on the ropes and will be hard pressed to keep his party's majority and he very well may end up entering a coalition government with Clegg. (He certainly won't partner with David Cameron and the Conservatives.)

This story in today's Guardian newspaper is written by an American journalist and worth a look. It was written after the third and final American-style televised debates between the candidates -- a first for Britain.

I'm watching a rebroadcast of the third debate on C-Span now and I've have to say, Brown came off as defensive and angry; Cameron as confident, but negative; and Clegg as positive and hopeful.

If that's been the tone of the whole campaign, Clegg may very well win the whole thing. People always vote for the hopeful, positive message.

We'll see.

Filed under: Britain Conservatives David Cameron Election Day Gordon Brown Labour Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg Tory
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