Britain braces for election gridlock as polls predict dead heat

Final opinion polls showed Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives and Ed Miliband's Labour Party almost in a dead heat, indicating neither will win enough seats for an outright majority in the 650-seat parliament. "It is going to go down to the wire." Cameron said only his Conservatives could deliver strong, stable government: "All other options will end in chaos," he insisted. The Conservatives portray themselves as the party of jobs and economic recovery, pr