Mubarak Has Gone.

After thirty years of rule and 18 days of protest the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down from office. He has now left Cairo and is looking forward to a quiet retirement in the resort town of Sharm el-Shiekh.

The only small problem is that rather then following the Egyptian constitution and handing power to the Parliamentary speaker Mubarak has instead passed power to the military, led by vice-President Omar Suleiman who has become known as the CIA's torturer in chief. This means that it is very difficult to argue that Egypt's regime has changed and it's days as a military dictatorship are over.

However for now this is only a small problem because it is still very early days and this is probably the first time in the last thirty years when Egypt has actually been in a state of emergency. So for tonight at least I think Tahrir square is going to been the scene of the worlds largest party.