By PAISLEY DODDS and DAVID STRINGER
Associated Press Writers
LONDON – Britain’s two main parties were locked in a power struggle Friday after an inconclusive election – with Labour’s Gordon Brown suggesting he would try to form a coalition and Conservative leader David Cameron insisting the prime minister no longer had a mandate to govern.
Cameron – whose Conservatives outpolled Labour but fell short of winning a majority in Parliament, according to TV projections – claimed that voters had rejected Labour in Britain’s national election Thursday.
“Our country wants change. That change is going to require new leadership,” Cameron said, acknowledging negotiations may be needed to determine which party, or parties, will form the next government.