"If the relationship between the new and former Prime Minister were a Shakespearean play the drama would end with Mr Blair's resignation at the palace. Various blood-spattered bodies would lie across the stage. Instead Mr Brown appeared at the Palace minutes later and some of those bodies hope to be resurrected today. The play continues."

So says Steve Richard's in today's Independent and so it is ('Gordon Brown starts off stronger than anyone expected'). Unfortunately, as we have merely arrived at the interval, not the final curtain, the journalists are all petrified of making predictions that are too bold today, for fear that they will be eating their words tomorrow.

Yes, there are rumours about more defections ('More defections to come, brags top aide'); some Cabinet positions are known (see the BBC for announcements as they happen) but today is a day for instant reaction, not the dead-tree press.

Just a quick throwback to the Quentin Davies from The Telegraph then...

The paper did its best to ignore the story yesterday.  Perversely, by dedicating so much coverage in today's edition the paper is spinning out the 15 minutes of fame that yesterday it suggested he would get.  They have a je ne regret rien piece about Davies ('The Conservative Party has gone crazy, says unapologetic Davies') A leader which reprimands Cameron for not being more attentive to his backbenchers ('What Tories must do') And a collection of quotes from Quentin Davies' back catalogue about Gordon Brown ('Quentin on Gordon') 

We'll see what the pack make of today's announcements when they come through later today.