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THE LABOUR PARTY has launched its general election campaign in earnest with this puzzling attack ad in today’s newspapers:
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Lots of things to discuss here – Gerry Adams’ duck tattoo, Shane Ross’ glove, the jeans (dear God, the jeans) – but there’s one glaring issue: One Direction is a four piece, and has been for the past year.
Naturally, people picked up on this…
Labour *attack ad* is so out of touch with voters. Don't they know 1D only has 4 members now? #GE16https://t.co/3dvXZaiopR
This is a pretty good burn until you consider that Zayn’s solo effort is one of the biggest songs in the world right now. Is that the parallel they really wanted to draw?
Tuesday 26 November, 2024
Tuesday 26 November, 2024
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This One Direction election ad sparked an absolute holy show on Twitter
THE LABOUR PARTY has launched its general election campaign in earnest with this puzzling attack ad in today’s newspapers:
Lots of things to discuss here – Gerry Adams’ duck tattoo, Shane Ross’ glove, the jeans (dear God, the jeans) – but there’s one glaring issue: One Direction is a four piece, and has been for the past year.
Naturally, people picked up on this…
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…And one of those people happened to be Lucinda Creighton of Renua, who is grimacing between Gerry Adams and Paul Murphy in the ad.
Labour, obviously, couldn’t just let that lie.
This is a pretty good burn until you consider that Zayn’s solo effort is one of the biggest songs in the world right now. Is that the parallel they really wanted to draw?
Then Labour’s Kevin Humphreys jumped in.
Guys. Please:
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