State of the Nation - Politics does not have all the answers

If you can keep your head when all about you

WHICH of us, apart from Enda Kenny, would swap the prospect of a sleepy weekend scratching around in the wellies for the kind of day Taoiseach Brian Cowen can expect this November Saturday?

He will wake up faced with unemployment figures not seen since before he succeeded his father Ber in the Dáil in 1984. He will be aware of the renewed possibility of a stake-through-the-heart announcement from Dell. He will also be conscious of the job losses that would follow the bank mergers under discussion.