Brown steps Down.

Hmm!--still wouln't have the numbers.

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Gordon Brown is to step down as Labour leader Gordon Brown has said he is stepping down as Labour Party leader - as his party opens formal talks with the Lib Dems about forming a government. Mr Brown, prime minister since 2007, said he hoped a successor as Labour leader would be in place by September. The Lib Dems have been negotiating for days with the Tories - who won the most seats and votes in the UK election. But the Lib Dems have asked for formal talks with Labour. Mr Brown said it was in the "national interest" to respond. Mr Brown's statement will be seen as a move to smooth the way to a deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats to form a government.