Just for the record - Tony Blair made it crystal clear well before election day that he would not fight the next election as leader.
He will not be staying in office.
The questions now are when he will resign, who will replace him and how Labour will ensure a smooth a smooth transition to the new leader.
The favourite to replace him is Gordon Brown. Gordon has a towering, glowering presence who doesn't count highly in the charm/charisma stakes.
He is highly respected for his economic competence, not as an end in itself, but to further the causes he believes in - reducing poverty in this country and the world.
Although a friend of the free market and enterprise, one suspects that at heart he is also an old-fashioned, Old Labour socialist.

Many people have said that with Gordon as Prime Minister, the Chancellor's job would be impossible - but others would reply "Balls".

One of Gordon's problems is that in UK leadership elections, the early favourite rarely wins. Very interesting to see how it all pans out.