Juno McEnroe: Taoiseach’s latest election hint had air of inevitability

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is snookered. The days of the coalition have come to an end. Power is ebbing away, and time is running out.

It was with some inevitability yesterday that Mr Varadkar admitted he had changed his mind about the timing of a general election. Politicians may want to canvass in the summer, but when the question is all about when, rather than why, with regard to an election, the incumbent Government begins to struggle to maintain control of the political narrative.