Brown to quit tonight. Dave PM tomorrow - Evening Standard

[Hopeless Romantic]

Gordon Brown is set to resign tonight and allow David Cameron to be Britain's new Prime Minister.

The Labour leader's final desperate attempt to cling on to power with a Lib-Lab deal crumbled amid a rebellion on his own side and policy disagreements with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.

This afternoon he retreated to No 10 to discuss his situation with senior ministers, friends and wife Sarah.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23832558-david-cameron-its-decision-time-for-lib-dems.do

[LeftishBrit]

1. Fucking hell.

At least the Tories won't have the power to plunge us all headlong into destruction like they did under Thatcher; but it is still most depressing.

[Jeneral2885]

2. you think they will

non-Thatcher tories are still neo-liberals at heart

[EmilyKent]

3. Latest word is that Clegg will be deputy PM.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/liveevent/

[Jeneral2885]

11. unlike the US

Deputy PM is nothing. you don't evneget your own home.

[Turborama]

4. Adam Boulton is reporting on Sky News that a source says Brown to resign as an MP imediately

The Labour party is imploding.

[T_i_B]

5. Hope this is of some use to you.

http://isgordonbrownstillprimeminister.com/

[EmilyKent]

6. Brown has resigned, and Clegg is now left in the lurch.

Cameron will be PM shortly as Brown has left for Buck Palace.

[dipsydoodle]

7. Clegg is expected to be made Deputy PM

Hardly in the lurch.

Lurch maybe though - You rang ?

[EmilyKent]

8. 6 cabinet positions as well apparently.

[fedsron2us]

9. A non job if ever there was one

[mrfrapp]

10. Precedent

That's interesting. The idea of "deputy" prime minister is fairly recent so there's no precedent for a the position deputy in a coalition.

I do hope the Lib Dems haven't fallen for this, it may well spell disaster for the party. Say what you will about the Lib Dems but I'm convinced that three well supported parties is better than just two.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Note quite true - Attlee was Deputy PM in the WW2 coalition

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/attlee_clement.shtml

Though a wartime coalition is a bit of a special case, admittedly.

[mrfrapp]

13. Thanks

I stand corrected :-)

[Turborama]

14. LOL

Good one.