JOINING JOHN MAJOR, AL GORE AND JOHN McCAIN:

Tories home in on Downing Street (Evening Standard, 11.05.10)

The Conservatives are on the brink of an historic deal with the Liberal Democrats which will see David Cameron finally installed in Downing Street.

Gordon Brown was expected to travel to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation to the Queen, perhaps as early as Tuesday evening, bringing down the curtain on 13 years of Labour rule.

Conservative and Lib Dem negotiating teams continued their talks in the Cabinet Office amid a growing expectation that a deal was in the bag.