Yeah, got loads more respect for him after that, really pushed him all the way after being comprehensively beat in the first 2 (despite the bogus draw in No.1)
Most of the same people that caused all the issues in the past are still pulling the strings now hence why nobody else wants to be involved with their little echo chamber.
Lionel Bird (and his right hand man David Johnson) is literally the guy having meetings with Mutton & the council about...
"Bruce reported that Ian Devoy and Frank Smith had left the Board. The Chair wished to thank them for the time and effort which they had put into the Trust’s work. Jamie Gordon had also left the Board."
No mention of Bird so obviously still there.