Gordon Brown is gone. Th squatting is over.
Gordon Brown has resigned as prime minister of Britain and says Conservative leader David Cameron will take over, ending 13 years of rule by the centre-left Labour Party.
The Conservatives won most seats in a parliamentary election last week but fell short of a majority. Labour came second and the Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) a distant third.
Both the Conservatives and Labour tried to win Lib Dem support to form the next government during five days of intense negotiations, but it became clear on Tuesday afternoon (Wednesday morning, NZT) that Labour had lost and Brown would have to resign.
“I have informed the Queen’s private secretary that it’s my intention to tender my resignation to the Queen,” Brown told reporters outside his Downing Street office. The sequence of events was in accordance with British constitutional convention.
The UK now has their very own Smile and Wave in David Cameron.
