The whole nation is trying to make sense of the week's events in Westminster. Six cabinet ministers have resigned and Labour looks to have done terribly in the local elections.
We bring together our top pundits at the Guardian to analyse the week's dramatic events.
Jonathan Freedland thinks that Gordon Brown has outwitted, for the moment, those who want him to step down and that this week he's shown tremendous resilience.
Julian Glover claims there is no possibility of a capable Brown government regardless of what the prime minister says. That a coup has been avoided, is only down to the absence of someone prepared to coordinate and organise it.
Jenni Russell says nothing can shake Brown and that he is no longer a credible figure.
