I think the phrase used was actually something like " I dont think it was actuall down to anything I did" and probably Marv was right ... what did he do? except waste / spend millions to achieve nothing really. His tenure has in the main been a disaster, when the last vote was taken to keep a mayor it was based on the limited of Red trousers, and although he got a few knocks ... it was the first tranche of having a Bristol Mayor and most things were new. [ organising/ what to sort/ how to sort etc ] Marv had the foundations laid for him but personally was / had a bit of bias to him. In 2 years time we save a few million on not having the rigmoral of electing and paying an exhorbitant salary and staff ... my council tax since we have had a mayor has gone up by over £100 per month pretty much doubled ... when you take out all the lost spending/wasted spending over the past 6 years it would have only gone up about £48! Bristol no mayor .......yipee