Enda the Contender shows he has what it takes

LIKE a blond Robbie Williams wired into the national grid, the Fine Gael leader burst onto the floodlit stage of his party’s ard fheis screaming: “Come on! Let me Enda-tain you!”

Er, well, no he didn’treally but he was trying very, very, hard to be slightly less dull than usual.

We were even treated to the thrill of Enda: The Movie, a big screen video in which we glimpsed Mr Kenny at home (without a tie on!), marvelled at his impression of Muhammed Ali (you had to be there) and learned how he swept his wife to be off her feet when they met in Leinster House (“he was always very friendly in the corridor ...”)