An ostrich can hide from reality for awhile, by digging its head in the sand, but ultimately, when he raises it to breathe, he must face it.

Although general elections are due next year, it is generally expected that they would be announced later this year, either as a gambit or as an inevitability if the Left withdraws support should the Government go ahead and sign the nuclear agreement with the US, as, indeed, it should, to mitigate the energy crisis that is sure to befall us.