So last night the United Kingdom came last in Eurovision. A great shame but hardly unpredictable. I thought that Andy Abraham gave a brilliant performance but sadly, as Sir Terry Wogan said at the end, it’s simply no longer (just) a song contest.
I wouldn’t advocate the UK throwing the toys out of the pram over [...]
“I applied before but I got knocked back ‘cos the BBC wanted someone else. Also I was seven.”
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Dan of London . a tiny light in the darkness of comments that can sometimes be the BBC’s Have Your Say.
You and me both, Dan.
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This tune has worked its way back into my affections purely by being currently employed by the BBC on a too often repeated trailer so thought I’d exorcise the full version which was originally released in 2007. The video and song, as many have mentioned before, evokes a pastiche of 70’s experiences like [...]
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“Didn’t England just go through this with its rail privatization? Didn’t its rail infrastructure go to the dogs? Running pipes is never a good business model. Basic infrastructure is a sort of prisoner’s dilemma. No one wants to pay for it, but everybody benefits. That’s why it is traditionally handled by the government, [...]
