britain and those election results are about as clear as the fog in london. conservatives won the most seats, but appear shy of a majority in parliament. what happens now? cnn's max foster is outside number ten downing street in london. good to see you. sitting prime minister gordon brown, my understanding, gets first shot at forming a government. i can't imagine that will prove successful, after all, labor lost, correct? >> it's an extraordinary situation. it's very unusual here in the uk and effectively what happened is david cameron of the conservatives, as you say, got the most votes, but under the british system he can't become prime minister until the current prime minister gordon brown actually resigns. he's refusing to do so until he makes another effort at staying in power. his last effort is to win around the third party and liberal democrats and nick heads that party. so gordon brown has made a direct appeal to join labor in a