Hmmm?
The BBC reports that Gordon Brown ‘stepping down as Labour leader’, which is not a surprise, given the poor showing of the party in the election, but everyone assumed that he would be replaced as a matter of course at the party’s next conference.
The timing of the announcement seems to be tied to negotiations over the next government, Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats has always maintained that he wouldn’t work for, or even with, Gordon Brown, so it would appear that the timing was to make it possible for Labour and the LibDems to get down to some serious horse trading.
Clegg may just be using this to prove to the Conservatives that he has options, so the Tories had better improve what was on offer, or Clegg’s membership may have indicated that they don’t want to cut a deal with the Tories.
Of course the “moneyed interests” have their knickers in a twist that this wasn’t settled election night. They want to know who they have to bribe and/or invite to parties so their crimes won’t be noticed.
