well, there we go. and, once we have a full list of candidates for that constituency — which, as alex said, will be on her birthday on friday. what a great present, alex, you'll be able to go to the bbc news website and see a full list. that's my plan. 0k, chris, give us your big—picture thoughts. he's the master of the arc ofjeopardy news management, the big reveal. so, as alex was saying, that tantalising, teasing tweet that had politicaljournalists agog with what he might be about to do. so, managing to extract every morsel of excitement, uncertainty out of the moment. you know, as he was walking into the venue, our colleague lucy manning was asking him, are you going to stand? and he's teasing, "who knows? maybe i've not decided yet" — knowing that that contributes in the packaging up of the news into that sense of the drama that