A Small Island Man

Brexit. Leave Means Leave. You Lost - Suck It Up Buttercup. I've been raging against the rabid Brexiteers, the clever ones in parliament and those behind them pulling the strings or the those easily fooled of low education (so often qualified with 1st class honours from the University of Life, almost always proudly sporting a poppy or a Union Jack or St George's cross on their Facebook profile). But it is Eurovision 2021 that convinces me the fight is a lost cause (not that I intend t go quietly). The UK did not do well (we English do like our understatement). Out of 4,524 Eurovision points awarded we took 0. Zero, Zilch, Nada Nil Points. I argued that whilst I did not think the UK's entry was winning material, since Eurovision has always been something of a political grandstand, nil Points surely had in part, to reflect that the rest of Europe is not seeing the UK in a favourable light post Brexit? What dismayed me more than anything, was that pro remainers so often seeme...

Eurovision 2021 Final Results Eurovision has always been political. Neighbouring and allied countries have always supported each other. Personally, I did not much like the UK entry but by no stretch would I say it was the worst. My opinion is neither important nor particularly significant beyond that I will assert that if I thought it was not the worst, then it's statistically unlikely that absolutely everyone voting thought it was the worst. Someone posted that the UK's poor Eurovision result was not at all political and entirely down to 'bland, unappealing singer, poor styling, tacky staging, meaningless lyrics, zero choreography' But these criticism have never been obstacles to songs doing well in Eurovision in the past! Nil Point from panellist and the public is down to how the UK is now perceived after the way it is behaving. UK Brexit MEPs at the opening of the EU Parliament Gunboats to Calais, AirCraft Carriers on world tour, EU persons slammed into prison-like d...