After months of leaflets on their doormats, the good people of Colinton and Fairmilehead must be delighted that less than a week after one by-election they get to do it all again after Christmas.
Edinburgh South West Labour MP Scott Arthur has won a top slot in the Westminster ballot giving backbenchers the chance to introduce a new law.
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