Galactic duo ready to strike back at DarthBertie

“IF you can’t vote for us, then pray for us,” Enda Kenny told a bemused American couple as he strolled towards destiny or divorce with his own partner Pat Rabbitte.

The two seemed as relaxed as any married pair who have accepted their bond is based on mutual security, not love.

Sauntering along a Merrion Square dappled in brilliant May sunshine on their way to launch the rebel Alliance for Change, they looked like the centre-left equivalent of Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.