When outgoing Victorian premier Jacinta Allan announced her resignation on Tuesday morning, there was a palpable air of disappointment around the state.Millions of Victorian voters hoped Allan would survive a leadership spill against her deputy, Ben Carroll, and battle on. Not because they supported her, but because they wanted to be the ones to boot her from government at the state election on November 28. They didn’t want a caucus room of panicked Labor MPs to deprive them of their democratic right.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles