By-election looks unlikely to have much bite

The lure of capitalism has brought about yet another by-election on Boston Borough Council.
Tory John Rylatt has quit his Kirton post to join his son in business in somewhat violent circumstances if our clip from the Boston Standard (right) is taken at face value.
So what does this mean for the future line-up of the council?
Not much, we fancy.
The BBI does surely not have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the seat from a Tory, and neither would a Labour candidate, were one to stand.
The Lib Dems ... who are they?
The Better Boston Group will certainly not bother to stand, as it only expands through internal resignations.
That leaves the BNP, which has previously declared Boston an area where it could well gain further seats, but again, we somehow doubt that they will take up the challenge in a place like Kirton.
No, we either fancy a replacement for the Tories, or an Independent to take the seat .... so long as the irrepressibly inactive Lincolnshire Independents, whose website remains mired in the past don't then try to claim the victory for their group and then somehow drag it under the auspices of the BBI, given the dual role of Councillor Richard Austin as treasurer of LI and leader of the BBI.

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