Renua candidate Paul Bradford gets a mixed reaction on the canvass trail in Cork

Paul Bradford admits it’s going to be an uphill battle for the fledgling party, writes Sean O’Riordan

IT’S every male politician’s nightmare. You’re looking across the breakfast table at the wife and lamenting a general election loss despite having spent serious hours and euro on the campaign.

That would be an ouch moment for any man, but if she who must be obeyed happens to be the party leader too, it could cue the withering torture of picture with no sound.