Only a colossal error of judgment will lead to a general election

The pushing and shoving over who really wants an election is the tribal violence of ward politics in a student union setting.

Only a colossal error of judgment will lead to an election. That’s possible, of course, but unlikely. Those getting election posters ready now may yet have to Photoshop them before the event.

There is no reason for Fianna Fáil to trigger an election, and almost as little for Fine Gael. Sinn Féin can’t get its hand on the plug to pull it directly.