Leave it, Leo, it’s not worth it

Remember Enda Kenny? He used to be Taoiseach not so long ago. That poor blighter got a hell of a battering from the Irish media when he was leader of the country. He couldn’t even “dad dance” at a Bruce Springsteen concert without all of us mocking him for it.

By comparison his successor, Leo Varadkar, has little to complain about, but still he does it anyway, reportedly telling a private function in New York that he sympathises with President Trump in his ongoing battle with the media. Say what? There can’t be a Taoiseach in living memory who’s been showered in more praise than Leo. He could single-handedly mess up Brexit negotiations, start a war with North Korea and headbutt Gay Byrne, and they’d still say: “Ah sure, at least he went on a Pride march that time.”

Like the heatwave, Leo should just enjoy the honeymoon while it lasts, instead of trying to bring it to a crashing halt by getting into unnecessary fisticuffs.