British Liberal Democrats spoilt for choice

The Liberal Democrats' candidate for the office of British Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, is capitalising on his outsider status. His chances of winning the election are small, but the likelihood of the election producing a parliament without a clear majority is growing. The daily The Times asks with which of the two major parties Clegg could form a ruling coalition: "The Liberal Democrat leader is keeping his options open about whom he would support in a hung Parliament. Allies emphasise that he could prop up one party or another on individual issues, rather than going into a formal coalition with Labour or the Conservatives. But the extraordinary political climate has highlighted divisions within as well as between the parties. The truth is that Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are already coalitions of people with quite different views and the more uncertain the result of the election, the more pressure they will be put under."

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