The Danish parliament has been forced to take down a new video urging people to vote in the upcoming European elections – because its combination of sex and graphic violence offended so many people.
In an incredibly bizarre public drive from the normally straight-laced “EU Information Centre”, 200,000 Danish Kroner (almost £22,000) was spent creating a new superhero – “Voteman” – to appeal to a younger generation.
The video, posted to the Danish parliament’s YouTube channel, depicts a crazed, muscle-clad superhero who is called upon (while having sex with five women) to encourage people to have their say in European Parliament elections.
Read more: The Independent
