glitches. but i will always do my best to prove that new politics isn t just possible. it is also better. joining me now and just back from london the u.s. managing editor for the financial times gillian tett. thanks for your time. thanks for having me on. 24 hours ago, as cumbersome as it might have seemed, it looked like the lib/dem/labor deal seemed to be set. gordon brown resigned 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 outbid and struck a deal with the liberal dems. what did they get? did they get the price supposedly was complete voting reform, proportional representation.