I’ve heard the Iraq war blamed for many things but this one takes the biscuit. According to an analyst on the Today Programme, our abject failure in the Eurovision Song Contest is a consequence of the ill-feeling created by the invasion of Iraq. Have a listen here, the clip starts at 7.48am.
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hogarth zombie
May 14th, 2007 10:08amRumsfeld was right! You don't get much more "Old Europe" than Eurovision.
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May 14th, 2007 1:31pmNo, not Iraq. It is because, under Blair Britain has become a no consequence backwater. Whilst operating like some kind of unpleasant gang, you have to realise that the ex-communists are becoming dynamic countries, maybe the next tiger economies. As long as we stay rooted in the communist EU we will be overwhelmed in short order.