Councillor Doug Ford — the duplicitous, enabling, worst brother of Mayor Rob Ford — says he won’t run for the provincial Conservatives in a spring election, as expected. And he won’t seek re-election as a city councillor, either.

Good Riddance: Part 1.

Expect the sequel eight months from now when Toronto voters send his brother packing and rid the city of the disastrous reign of the twin devils of deception.

No doubt, Ontario Conservatives are breathing easier with the knowledge that the mouth that roars but says nothing won’t be talking about provincial matters this spring, and lighting fires they must extinguish.

The elder Ford says his priority going forward will be the re-election of Ford the Younger, and he will serve as the mayor’s campaign manager. He wishes luck on Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak and the “Conservative family” but he needs to channel all his inner strength to return Rob to the mayor’s office, Doug says.

Good luck on that, big fella.

Rarely have two siblings conspired to so resolutely destroy a gift, a franchise, entrusted by the people. If the Ford boys had so mismanaged the family business — bequeathed to them by father Doug Sr. — Deco Label and Tags would already be in enemy hands instead of being a thriving business.

Maybe, that’s the business Rob and Doug know best — pasting labels on people and things. Looking in the mirror each day as they disparage another former ally on council, the Brothers Ford are a walking memorial to political incompetence and idiocy. Daily, they practise the art of tearing down alliances — the very partnerships critical in ruling a municipality.

Their latest escapade has them telling their YouTube audience of the many city councillors they want defeated in the next election. The idea is for the people to send in a new crew that, we guess, would be more amenable to working with the Fords.

Sorry, boys. Nobody is buying that. Remember these former allies turned enemies: Karen Stintz, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Mike Del Grande, John Parker, Michelle Berardinetti, Michael Thompson, Norm Kelly, Jaye Robinson, Peter Milczyn . . . you get the idea.

When your biggest defender is the mutinous fella you once dismissed with an ethnic slur and who was your sworn enemy until he could cash you in for political currency, that should be enough to signal that you are done.

Rob Ford has no influence, no agenda, an expired mandate, no political allies — nothing. He barely has the title of mayor.

IF the Fords were to lose their mojo running Deco, only the Ford Family would suffer. The other business — that of running a big city — has proven to be way beyond their capabilities. The continent’s fourth largest city suffers under the weight of their scandalous behavior.

Running Toronto is deceptively complex. On the surface, any idiot could be mayor. The current wearer of the chain of office proves that. But scratch below and the dysfunction pops up everywhere.

The dumbest Torontonian knows this. Toronto has moved on, past the Fords. They have started looking for a successor.

Over the next few days and weeks a number of mayor alternatives will offer themselves up for electoral scrutiny: David Soknacki , Karen Stintz, Olivia Chow, John Tory; even the aged retired one, Norm Gardner. Every single one would be a huge improvement.

Some are looking for a miracle — the redemption of Rob Ford. Only in the movies. Come Oct. 27, when Toronto can rid itself of the Ford Experiment that went horribly bad, the box office hit will be Good Riddance: II.

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Can’t wait to say goodbye.

Royson James usually appears Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Email: rjames@thestar.ca Correction - February 21, 2014: This article was edited from a previous version that included an incorrect headline that referred to Doug Ford as the younger brother of Rob Ford.

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