Obviously Gordon Brown was going to resign, however the manoeuvrings went. He'd failed to win the election. It was just a matter of getting the right timing for the announcement.

Touch wood.

Either there'll be a LibLab coalition bringing in electoral reform - or the Tories are going to have to come up with a deal that provides the same reform.

Either way it should mean an end to the risk of an administration dominated by the right wing of the Tory Party for the foreseeable future.