...we didn't have locals in the city this time round so it wouldn't have helped anyone cost-wise to throw a byelection this May. I suppose they both only have one year to go, and there may be a feeling that that's a year in which they can make themselves even less electable, but when I think about it, when I wonder whether I would put up as a candidate if she stepped down the biggest thing making me feel not is that whoever wins now would have to run again in under a year's time!