Incumbent British PM Willing to Talk to Lib Democrats Leader

British Labour party leader and incumbent PM, Gordon Brown, has decalred he would seek to form a coalition government despite coming second in the 2010 general elections. Photo by BGNES/ EPA

In a 5-minute media statement incumbent British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he’s willing to talk to the leader of the center-left Liberal Democrats Nick Glegg.

Brown spoke to the media early Friday afternoon as counting of election 2010 results continues.

Incumbent British PM declared that „if talks between Nick Glegg and David Cameron fail, he will talk to Glegg,” in the hope to form a coalition government, adding that "he and the leader of the British Liberal Democrats party have concerns in common – political reform and dealing with the economic challenges ahead."

As counting of the ballots continues results show that Conservatives have won the most MPs in the UK general elections but have fallen short of forming a majority, leading to the first hung parliament in over 30 years.

With 302 votes, the Tories headed by David Cameron have won the biggest share of votes but will be unable to reach the 326 seats needed for a majority government.

Labour have gained 255 seats while the Liberal Democrats have suffered the greatest defeat. The party of leader Nick Glegg hoped to come in second in the election but managed to gain an overall of 56 seats in Parliament, or 5 less than in the previous general election.

Despite coming second, Labour party leader and incumbent British MP continues to cling to power and plans to form a coalition government.

The BBC projection suggests David Cameron's Conservatives will have 306 seats. If there are 10 Unionists elected in Northern Ireland then Mr Cameron might be able to command 316 - probably still slightly too few for him to be sure of winning a Queen's Speech.

But Labour and the Lib Dems together would have 317 seats, according to the BBC figures, which even with three SDLP MPs would still leave them at 320 - again a few votes short of a majority.

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