Well, they seem to have come to an agreement - the two public schoolboys who lead the Conservative and Liberal Democrats appear to have agreed on an Eton/Westminster coalition.
All that punditry during the campaign was wrong - "vote this and get that" etc - I don't remember seeing vote Clegg and get Cameron as an option...
Brown has resigned after 13 years in Downing Street (10 years at Number 11 then 3 at Number 10). He went before any details of a coalition were announced. I wonder if this morning was his "f*ck it" moment? He had offered to stand down and offered to change the voting system for the LibDems but they just used his offers to squeeze more out of the Tories.
Cameron has moved into Number 10 without the details of the coalition having been published (or agreed yet by the LibDems and the Tory MPs). The decision making meetings are taking place as I write. Not sure what happens if the the MPs decide they don't like the deal. After all, many of the Tory MPs have been waiting for years for a chance of power and now they may miss out as a seat at the table goes to a LibDem, and many of the LibDems see themselves as on the centre-left of UK politics. I'm also wondering about the implications for the UK - how long will it remain a united kingdom if the Tory mandate is limited to 1 MP in Scotland and in Wales the LibDems have 3 MPs and the Tories 8 to Labour's 26.
On the local front, I've not seen any coverage of Chris Leslie but the neighbouring MPs, Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South), Graham Allen (Nottingham North) and Vernon Coaker (Gedling) were busy keeping the electorate informed about what happens next for the Labour Party with quotes for the Nottingham Evening Post bout possible new leaders.
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