just possible. it is also better. joining me now and just back from london the u.s. managing editor for the financial times julian tent. thanks for your time. thanks for having me on. 24 hours ago it looked like the lib dem labor deal seem td set. gordon brown re-signed as the lib demes wanted. what happened thereafter, do we know? this has been an extraordinary 24 hours for british politician. it is unusually exciting. gordon brown resigned as a last-ditch bid to create a labor/liberal democrat alliance. the torries out bid and struck a deal with the liberal dems. what did they get? did they get the price