To the sound of Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries, John Mullins climbs into a tractor, turns on the ignition and steps on the accelerator. Cut to a multi-camera shot of the vehicle smashing through a wall of “farmers’ red tape”. The video released last May, when Mullins was running for MEP in Ireland South, was just one of several high-octane campaign ads (in another one, he acted as James Bond). The energy Mullins threw into the recent campaign, albeit narrowly unsuccessful in delivering a second seat for Fine Gael (he was eliminated on the 18th of 20 counts), gave no…

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