The Great Bertrando

One of the defining characteristics of Fine Gael in general and Enda Kenny in particular is their and his abject failure to land any real blow on Fianna Fail. This is compounded by their inability to follow-up issues, ask hard follow-on questions and generally demonstrate a lack of tenacity.

Bertie Ahern ran rings around Fine Gael for years. They failed to understand how to attack him. He had to be reduced to ridicule. They needed to create a caricature character that people would associate with him every time they saw or heard him.

So, I give you The Great Bertrando - I Came, I Saw, I Squandered.

The world's worst magician. He can take billions in tax supluses and spend them on achieving nothing. With sleight of hand and verbal wizardry, he can baffle tall people around his financial affairs, loans, dig-outs, bank accounts, bank drafts, foreign currencies, houses and party donations.