I have to say that, before I learnt of the result, I read Zak’s posts and thought the Greens had won. #GiftOfTheGab. He now finds himself in a Starmeresque position - someone who achieved an impressive garnering of support but who has subsequently come unstuck in time.

According to legend, kissing the Blarney Stone, a limestone block built into Ireland’s Blarney Castle, endows the kisser with ‘the gift of the gab’.

The supposed gift of great eloquence has made many statesmen, actors and writers try to kiss the stone.

#FactOfTheDay #Blarney #Ireland #GiftOfTheGab