ENDA Kenny is a tad cannier than we thought, if his reshuffle kerfuffle is anything to go by.

Toronto’s City Council has voted overwhelmingly to strip Mayor Rob Ford of some of his powers in the latest attempt to box in the brash leader who has resisted huge pressure to resign over his drinking and drug habits and erratic behaviour.

Toronto police say they have obtained a video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking a crack pipe – a video he had claimed did not exist and has been at the core of a scandal that has Canada for months.