In yesterday’s Sunday Business Post, Vincent Browne claimed that a sense of “menace” was a necessary quality for the leader of which Irish political party?

A) Sinn F�in
B) The Progressive Democrats

Given that it’s the death-bed amanuensis of Charles J. Haughey writing, you won’t be surprised to learn that the correct answer is option B. Perhaps the PD leader’s supposed intimidating aura is to compensate for the fact that the organization boasts a mere 8 TDs and doesn’t even have its own private army.

*Actual quote: “[Liz] O�Donnell lacks the menace to be a real PD leader.”