Meanwhile, no election here yet?

It strikes me the rolling events of Brexit are sucking any life out of the notion of an election this side of the Irish Sea. Indeed thinking about it it seems to me that the focus on the Presidential election was quite distinct from that on the Budget. It’s not that the latter was unimportant, but somehow this government is in a position where it’s largely expected to keep on going for a while – or perhaps after years of crisis people are stepping back a little. It’s an odd phenomenon because I know individual parties and candidates are keen to get back into the electoral fray (some of them anyhow).