Guess the news of the day is the announcement of Gordon Brown resigning not forthwith but allowing the Labour Party to put into place the mechanism for electing a new leader. Meanwhile it's suggested that this will allow the Labour/Lib Demtalks to proceed at a quicker pace.
Of course that's not quite so easy as any Rainbow Coalition would involve more than the two parts, if as thought the sticking point between the Conservatives and the lib Dems was political reform especially electoral reform, well that isn't as straightforward in a Lib-Lab arrangement.
I know from old that there are many senior figures in the Labour party who are as wedded to FPTP as the Tories. If there had been enthusiasm for reform Blair would have pushed ahead with the recommendations of the Jenkins Report years ago.
At the moment all potential contenders for the Labour party leadership are keeping quiet , at least in public, which is probably as well. There is confusion and words such as mandate which are rarely uttered are the new flavour of the month. I'm not sure all this toing and froing is doing Clegg and his team many favours, there's a mood that he's gone beyond bargaining and is beginning to look a bit like a cheap whore, selling himself to whoever will give the most. I sense it will reach the end game soon, but I wouldn't like to predict the outcome, I still wouldn't rule out a minority Tory government.
Away from all this, England qualified for the World T20 semi-finals, while KP flew home to be at the birth of his sun. I wonder how the elder at the MCC felt about that. Later Capello picks his provisional 30 players for the World Cup, but more of that tomorrow.
Key Quotes
"Anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist."
(Kenneth Boulding)
"Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. "
(Raymond Chandler)
"Live simply so that others can simply live." (unknown)
"I cannot live without books" (Thomas Jefferson)
"Sport is war without the shooting" (George Orwell)
"New York is a great city to live in if you can afford to get out of it" (William Rossa Cole)
The secret of a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits (Patterson Hood)
(Kenneth Boulding)
"Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. "
(Raymond Chandler)
"Live simply so that others can simply live." (unknown)
"I cannot live without books" (Thomas Jefferson)
"Sport is war without the shooting" (George Orwell)
"New York is a great city to live in if you can afford to get out of it" (William Rossa Cole)
The secret of a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits (Patterson Hood)
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