Re the "Prime Minister" ... not quite as clear cut as one would hope ...
Step down as Labour Leader? but soldier on until September as PM while Labour goes through the processes.
Sky News political editor Adam Boulton described Mr Brown's announcement as an audacious pitch to hang on to power.
"By implication, what it's saying is 'I want to stay on as Prime Minister over the summer and sort out working with the Liberal Democrats to put the economy back on the right footing', but then a new Labour leader could be chosen.