Gordon Blows Up U.K. Election

Take that, Tory Boy.

Gordon Brown has just turned the British election upside down, announcing that a) he is preparing to step down as Labour's leader, and b) he is opening formal talks with Nick Clegg on forming a progressive coalition, involving Labour, the Liberals, and the moderate parties in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Together these parties have more than enough seats to form a majority government, leaving the Conservatives out in the cold. Brown would presumably stay on as...