Stroll in the park for Leo Varadkar, but kissing babies is off the agenda
The photographers eagerly shepherded Leo over to where little Lucas and Arthur were hanging out on the lawn of Merrion Square. After all, it’s already Day Seven of this election campaign, and there’s not a baby kissed yet, which will never do.
If this had been an encounter with the current Taoiseach, the 18-month old twins would’ve been whisked off the grass and tucked into the crook of both his elbows while he simultaneously gave the snappers a cheery thumbs-up. But Leo is no Enda and he left the two tots on terra firma and simply sat cross-legged on the ground beside them and smiled for the cameras. The Social Protection Minister is not really a kissy-baby sort of politician, but he’s canny enough to know that had he declined the photographers’ invitation, he might have rapidly found himself categorised as being the snubby-baby sort instead.
