Brown resigns as Labour leader

[clashcityrocker]

Alistair Campbell being "a bit provocative" as always.
But was it just television?
I think hanging around for 5 days without much of a story is proving a bit stressful.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Alistair Campbell being "a bit provocative" as always.
But was it just television?
I think hanging around for 5 days without much of a story is proving a bit stressful.

according to twitter a couple of bags are being loaded into a Black MPV at the back of No 10.

[clashcityrocker]

according to twitter a couple of bags are being loaded into a Black MPV at the back of No 10.

Are they body bags?
Could be the Miliband brothers.
Two less contenders for the position of leader.
Or maybe Sarah is just taking some stuff down to Flog It.

[fishtank]

More like Mandleson and the Milliband brothers have killed Brown and Balls and are about to bury them under a flyover.

[POSTMAN]

On itv now,he's going straight away.

[Stormproof]

He's on the way to see the queen, will she still be up? Perhaps she was staying up to watch Eastenders

[hubbahubba]

Mandlesons gotta be gutted...........no more BROWN love at the labour party

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Mandlesons gotta be gutted...........no more BROWN love at the labour party

Lets Hope Ed Balls does not get the Leadership then, Mandelson caught kissing ........

[fishtank]

As you know after the general election, that left no party able to command a majority in the House of Commons, I said I would do all that I could to ensure a strong, stable and principled government was formed; able to tackle Britain's economic and political challenges effectively.
My constitutional duty is to make sure that a government can be formed following last Thursday's general election.

I have informed the Queen's private secretary that it is my intention to tender my resignation to the Queen.

In the event the Queen accepts, I shall advise her to invite the leader of the opposition to seek to form a government.

I wish the next prime minister well, as he makes the important choices for the future.

Only those who have held the office of prime minister can understand the full weight of its responsibilities and its great capacity for good.

I have been privileged to learn much about the very best in human nature, and a fair amount, too, about its frailties, including my own.

Above all, it was a privilege to serve and, yes, I love the job, not for its prestige, its titles and ceremony, which I do not love at all, no, I loved the job for its potential to make this country I love fairer, more tolerant, more green, more democratic, more prosperous and more just - truly a greater Britain.

In the face of many years, challenges up to and including the global financial meltdown, I have always tried to serve, to do my best in the interests of Britain, its values and its people.
And let me add one thing also, I will always admire the courage I have seen in our armed forces.

Now the political season is over, let me stress that having shaken their hands and looked into their eyes, our troops represent all that is best in our country, and I will never forget all those who have died in honour and whose families today live in grief.

My resignation as leader of the Labour Party will take effect immediately, and in this hour I want to thank all my colleagues, ministers, members of Parliament, and I want to thank above all my staff who have been friends as well as brilliant servants of the country.

Above all I want to thank Sarah for her unwavering support as well as her love and for her own service to our country.

I thank my sons John and Frazier for the love and joy they bring to our lives and as I leave the second most-important job I could ever hold, I cherish, even more, the first as a husband and father.

Thank you and good-bye.

[smokerjim]

blah, blah, blah...I love the job, not for its prestige, its titles and ceremony, which I do not love at all, no, blah, blah, blah

Gordon, as your fellow Scots might say....aye, right

[BELIAL]

Mandlesons gotta be gutted...........no more BROWN love at the labour party

Mandy's happy as a pig in s**t. GB gone and no fall out ,DC in but doomed to fail in double quick time. Libs dead in the water ,strung up by the promise of success. Beware the nightstalker ,mandy master of all she perverts

[Broxi51]

Mandlesons gotta be gutted...........no more BROWN love at the labour party

Mandy's happy as a pig in s**t. GB gone and no fall out ,DC in but doomed to fail in double quick time. Libs dead in the water ,strung up by the promise of success. Beware the nightstalker ,mandy master of all she perverts

Mandy is a liability and anyone taken him into their cabal had better watch out for their fall from grace.

[smokerjim]

Mandlesons gotta be gutted...........no more BROWN love at the labour party

Mandy's happy as a pig in s**t. GB gone and no fall out ,DC in but doomed to fail in double quick time. Libs dead in the water ,strung up by the promise of success. Beware the nightstalker ,mandy master of all she perverts

Mandy is a liability and anyone taken him into their cabal had better watch out for their fall from grace.

They'd be too busy trying to pull Mandy's knife out of their back to notice any fall from grace.

[savo]

Bye bye Gordon, close the door on your way out.

Sarah can now return to work on the stage now she has finished playing the part of "wife"

[johnsouthwales]

The one in the red dress needs shooting, the other one needs to be taken to every working class home in Britain and get a slap.

gordon 'oh my god i left my microphone on' brown - lol most labour supporters are blaming clegg for their demise.

as an ex labourite, i would recommend andy burnham as new leader. ed balls will take labour back to 1983-87 levels, milleband hmm.
best sort it out in case of an event such as coalition collapse