in the final days of an unexpectedly tight contest with Labor Party leader Ed Miliband, British Prime Minister David Cameron “has been letting it rip,” the Washington Post reports.
“Whether the conspicuous display of emotion will save Cameron’s premiership remains to be seen. Polls suggest the Tories are likely to win more seats than Labor but may not have the support needed from smaller parties to form a government in a year when the British electorate has fractured as never before.”
“For Cameron, a 48-year-old Oxford graduate of royal lineage who had openly coveted the top job in British politics since his youth, that would probably mean the abrupt end of his career. It could also mark the final failure of his attempt to steer the Conservative Party toward the political center, an effort that critics say he abandoned all too easily during his first term.”
Mashable has a good voter guide explaining the key issues.
