As Fine Gael continues its National Conference, many members of the ruling political party in Ireland are making speeches and discussing policy that will shape Ireland for generations to come.

Leo Varadkar, who has embraced social media since becoming Taoiseach, has been posting video updates from the floor of the conference. Last night saw him surrounded by colleagues announcing his opening speech, with one person standing behind him catching everyone's eye.

Here's the video in question.

Didn't see it? Here's a .gif made by Ryan McAleer.

 

Computer, run a search for this hand signal / gesture and list examples.

 

Well, that's just unfortunate.

 

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