Cods-wallop too fishy for voters’ taste

Crash. Bang. Wallop.

Enda Kenny lost control of the question being asked and ended up looking as shocked as the senators now reprieved to carry on doing what they have always done — pretty much nothing.

A crude, cynical Fine Gael campaign tried to tap into the electorate’s deep mistrust of politicians, but after framing the argument in those bleak, bitter terms, the move backfired in spectacular fashion as voters decided the politician they trusted least was Mr Kenny.