Life of Brians

Accounts of last year’s election highlight the period when Brian Cowen took the FF campaign by the scruff of the neck after initial drift and swept the SoD to victory.  Is he now taking the same approach to the economy [Irish Times]? –

The Government is to present a revised economic plan early in the New Year to tackle a deteriorating situation in the public finances.

The Department of the Taoiseach has taken charge of the “economic and fiscal assessment”, a Department of Finance spokeswoman said. Taoiseach Brian Cowen, who is in Brussels this week for the crucial European summit meeting, is expected to outline further details of the plan early next week.

Er … isn’t an “economic and financial assessment” Brian Lenihan‘s job?