TIMES ONLINE: David Cameron has invited Nick Clegg to transform British politics by joining a Tory-led coalition after voters delivered the first hung Parliament in 36 years.
Mr Cameron sketched out a possible deal for “collaborative government” as party leaders grappled with the most complicated election result in terms of Commons arithmetic since the 1920s.
Mr Clegg was keeping his options open last night after Gordon Brown tried to tempt the Liberal Democrats into power with a promise of full proportional reform to the voting system.
The initiative, though, was with Mr Cameron after he emerged with more votes and seats from a long election night most notable for dashing the highest hopes of all the parties.
The public wooing of Mr Clegg unfolded in three acts of extraordinary Westminster drama that promises to continue through the weekend with potentially far-reaching consequences.
The Tories would like to finalise a deal before markets open on Monday but the Liberal Democrat leader does not want to be bounced into something that he cannot sell to his party. >>> Roland Watson, Political Editor | Saturday, May 08, 2010
