Cool leg Luke
AN Irish MEP has lived out every Covid-19 remote worker's worst nightmare today when he showed up to a European Parliament meeting with his legs out.
Independent MEP Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, was seen at a European Parliament committee meeting on agriculture on Tuesday wearing a dress shirt - but very little on his bottom half.
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The politician filmed his live stream vertically, giving a full view of his bare legs on screen.
He was seen sitting on a bed as he was taking part in the meeting remotely due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
'LIVING OUT MY NIGHTMARE'
He addressed the committee while rubbing his legs, seemingly unaware of their visibility while making his statement.
EU interpreters who were working in real-time to translate his statement could be heard trying not to laugh as the Midlands North West rep spoke.
The committee's chair German MEP Norbert Lins wryly smiled as he thanked Flanagan for his contribution.
Flanagan later took to Twitter to explain that he had just returned from a run and had been wearing a t-shirt, he revealed that he put on a shirt "to look respectable".
He wrote: "Just back from a run, was in a T-shirt two minutes before. Decided to put on a shirt to look respectable!
"That worked really well".
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The independent politician even joked with users remarking "Hope you like my legs!" to one user.
He also shared a hilarious post in response to a user who stressed the MEP was "living out my nightmare" by saying he was trying to outdo Senator Lynn Ryane in Lidl.
LIDL BIT OF SKIN
Yesterday, Lidl Ireland apologised to the Irish Senator after Ruane was criticised for her clothing while shopping at their store.
Senator Lynn Ruane revealed she was asked was wearing a swimsuit top when she was asked to 'wear a different top' the next time she visited their store by a security guard.
The incident took place in Dublin during the heatwave that has seen temperatures across the country reach 27C.
A spokesperson for Lidl Ireland revealed the worker was from a third-party security company and not part a Lidl employee.
They also revealed they contacted Ruane to apologise directly and contacted the third-party company to ensure staff contracted to idle are "re-briefed on policies".
The spokesperson said: "We have been made aware of a situation in a store regarding an inappropriate comment to a customer regarding her clothing.
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"This comment was made by a member of Lidl’s third party security company and not by a Lidl employee.
"In an effort to manage social distancing there are increased levels of security in stores and many of these guards are not overly familiar with store policies.
"We have been in touch with the customer to apologise directly and we have contacted the company to ensure that all third party staff contracted to Lidl are re-briefed on policies."