Well Hung

No, this is not a post about the beautiful hanging gardens of Mumbai in the picture above.

This is about the UK election result. We have a hung parliment. A hung parliament is one in which no party has an overall majority, which means no party has more than half of MPs in the House of Commons.

It means that the government will not be able to win votes to pass laws without the support of members of other parties.

The conventional wisdom is that it is Gordon Brown's duty to stay in office until it becomes clear which party or combination of parties can command the most support in the new parliament.

This should become clear in the next few hours to days.

Dr Da Vinci will remain in suspense till then.