Fergus Finlay: No room for panic as election finish line comes into focus 

If a campaign requires 1,000 units of energy, the last two weeks is when you need 900 of them

Conventional wisdom, it appears, has won the day. All the signs now are that it will be the end of November or maybe even the first week in December.

Two elections coming up now, one here, the other across the Atlantic. At first glance it seems unlikely that our own will change much, if anything. The other might change the history of the world.

For the last couple of weeks I’ve argued here that if you want to win an election, you need to ignore conventional wisdom. It’s often said the only weapon a Taoiseach has is the opportunity to take everyone by surprise. Actually there’s another, the ability to control the necessary preparations, and to frame the election, as much as possible, on your own terms.