Politics is about managing the future - not letting it happen

Enda Kenny’s vision of the next election as a Tudor jousting tournament between Gerry Adams and himself has credibility. Not so his exclusion of Fianna Fáil from coalition.

To come within spitting distance of a majority, Fine Gael has to increase its polling figures by 50% to get into the thirties percentages and Labour has to double its figures to scrape into the teens.

From where will these votes come?