It's a new dawn, it's a new Prime Minister

Well, almost one week after the election and we finally know who is the Prime Minister of Great Britain.

It's been rather unsettling, waiting to see if the Lib Dems would work with the Conservatives or whether they'd try things out with the Labour Party. The prospect of Ed Balls possibly getting back into any position of power was unnerving for me.

So, last night it all happened. Gordon Brown went to see the queen, tendered his resignation and David Cameron got the keys to Number 10 and a new best friend in Nick Clegg. It's a different style of government for the UK - how well it works will emerge over time.

No doubt some details of the behind-the-scenes machinations will eventually emerge - some may be true, others mere speculation. There's already talk about how GB's resignation as Labour Leader had the ring of a Mandelson manoevre and how some Labour folks such as David Blunkett weren't pleased at attempts to cling on to power after the electorate had spoken. According to the Daily Mail, Lord Mandelson and Alistair Campbell may now face a backlash for their work.

Channel 4 was lucky enough to have a news programme scheduled for the time of Mr Brown's announcement last night (poor old BBC had to postpone Eastenders). Jon Snow interviewed Ed Balls - I was almost impressed. Mr Balls looked serious - more serious (in my opinion) than he looked when talking on breakfast news some time ago about the tragic Baby Peter case.

Of course, there has been talk about how Ed Balls will be a candidate for the Labour leadership and would be Mr Brown's choice - maybe that's why he had his "take me seriously" face on. Maybe he's been practising - if you read Matthew Norman's Independent piece from a few weeks ago (really? just a few weeks?) it certainly seems that way.

I thought Gordon Brown looked far happier last night as he left Downing Street than he's looked for a long time. I seriously wish him and his family well - I may dislike many of the things he and his Government did, but he and Sarah have had a share of heartache and I would not wish that heartache on my worst enemy.

As for Ed Balls as leader of the Labour party ... if that happens, Guido Fawkes may well be able to report the end of the Labour party. Surely they wouldn't go for an MP who managed to decrease his majority so much?

Oh, and what about my old MP, the one who was seizing every photo opportunity around yet seemed to me to have done very little for his actual constituency during his years in office?

Well, Mr Brown wrote to at least one new voter urging them to go out and vote on May 6th.

When did the letter arrive? May 7th.

Did the old Labour MP get back in anyway? Now, that would be telling, but I'd say that chickens come home to roost and his commitment to seriously address constituents' concerns was repaid in full.