Mick Clifford: Fine Gael already showing signs of continuing their awful election habit

Fine Gael’s early coronation of Heather Humphreys may backfire, exposing flaws in strategy and sidelining strong contender Sean Kelly

Heather Humphreys is a serious candidate who will be in the reckoning for a presidential nomination one way or the other when the votes are being counted. File photo: Leon Farrell / © RollingNews.ie

At the risk of disturbing fresh sporting wounds, it is worth repeating the mantra right now that there is no such thing as a sure thing. 

It is also a truism that heightened expectation over a prolonged period is a very dangerous condition. Somebody should maybe tip off the boys and girls in Fine Gael about fate’s tendency to act the maggot with those thus afflicted.