Video nasties
Kilian Doyle
Out of a sense of duty, we bring you a round-up of the main parties’ European election videos. Martyrs that we are, we’ve sat through them all so you don’t have to. Unless you really, really want to. We’re in need of a nice lie down now.
Heavy on the warnings of economic disaster. Featuring candidates Crowley, Mooney and the two Byrnes. The rest of them don’t get a look in. Wonder how well that went down in HQ?
EDIT May 25th: FF European broadcast part 2. Accompanied by the dulcet Cork tones of Micheál Martin, it includes Aylward, O’Keeffe, Ryan and Gallagher, who were left out of the first one.
Enda Kenny really needs to control his wandering hands. He looks like he’s signing for the deaf in this one. Features each and every one of the candidates. How equitable.
Eamo, Eamo, Eamoohh! Is there anyone else in the Labour Party?
Portentous images of impending doom followed by loads of kids paying with green toys to a soundtrack of uplifting, joyous music. It’d bring a tear to a glass eye. (It has since been brought to our attention that this is a Europe-wide Green Party video, rather than an Irish-specific one, which is due out next week. We’re leaving it up anyway. For the sake of the children.)
This is pointedly titled an “EU election party political broadcast for the 26 counties”. So why is Bairbre de Brún in it? Is she running here?
