In the last few minutes, Gordon Brown MP announced that he was going to Buckingham Palace to ask the Queen to accept his resignation as Prime Minister.
To applause from the Downing Street and Labour staff, he joined his wife Sarah and for the first time in front of the cameras, his two small children, for the journey to Buckingham Palace.
He said that Labour had left the UK ‘more prosperous and just’.
He added that he had strived ‘to serve, to do my best’.
In an emotional passage, he praised tribute to the UK’s armed forces, saying ‘I always admire the courage I have seen in our armed services.’
He confirmed that his resignation as Leader of the Labour Party was immediate.
His final words at Downing Street were ‘thank you and goodbye’.
David Cameron MP will be the Prime Minister within the next hour. It is speculated on Sky News that Nick Clegg will be Deputy Prime Minister.
