There is one simple reason why David Moyes should never have got the manager’s job at Manchester United.

GROUCHO Marx once observed: “I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.”

TRADITIONALLY, politicians aspire to enter cabinet so they can introduce reforms and policies that they passionately believe in. Regrettably, in Ireland, it seems to be more a case of getting bums on seats and crudely balancing books.

THERE’S a classic scene from a Marx Brothers movie named Duck Soup in which Harpo pretends to be Groucho’s reflection inside a mirror frame, the curly-mopped mute having smashed the glass moments earlier.

IT would seem our politicians have perfected the art of speaking out of both sides of the mouth, especially on issues adversely affecting their constituents.