What Enda had to say about gay marriage equality: “Zero”

THE level of self-awareness was rather startling for a politician as he asked: “Who wrote this shit?”

It was not a review of this column, but a despairing declaration from New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg after becoming increasingly embarrassed by a speech he was delivering which had been knocked-up by one of his aides to mark an Independence Day hot dog-eating competition.

After endless unfunny references to “relish” and “top dogs” the Mayor went off-script and issued the very public rebuke to his wordsmith.