The men who came in from the cold

AS the two men approached each other by the bandstand in a near deserted park at twilight, the scene was reminiscent of an old spy movie.

And in a way, Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore were The Men Who Came In From The Cold (of opposition) — but, unfortunately for them, they knew they were exchanging it for the Arctic winter of austerity government.

Indeed, the park photo-op was redolent with unfortunate political metaphors, because after Enda had been left, literally, holding the baby (well, a cute four-year-old child the snappers insisted he lifted up, anyway), the two leaders found they’d been locked-in against their will.