Howard under pressure

September 15, 2007, 4:52pm,  377 views

Campaigning in his electorate today, Prime Minister John Howard said:

“If I’m returned and the government’s returned at the coming election I will serve my full term at the member for Bennelong, the full three years, and I won’t be inflicting a by-election on the people of my electorate.”

AAP has just filed these remarks to various news sites and there has been no commentary yet. People will pick up on the obvious proviso in the Prime Minister’s words (”If I’m returned and the government’s returned”).

There is very little chance of the government winning, which means the voters of Bennelong are almost certainly facing a byelection if Howard wins the seat.