Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
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Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
Morning all.
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Good morefternoon to anybody actually about?
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Andrew Neil rather inadvertently admitting that the majority of voters are on the left...
I did like this reply.
Marina Purkiss
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Don’t threaten me with a good time…
I did like this reply.
Marina Purkiss
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Don’t threaten me with a good time…
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
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But its total nonsense isn't it - PR has "locked the right out of power forever" in Germany or Spain or Ireland??
What this really means is that *the current version of the Tory party* could never win under anything but FPTP.
Maybe, but that's not the same as "the right".
What this really means is that *the current version of the Tory party* could never win under anything but FPTP.
Maybe, but that's not the same as "the right".
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Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
It's certainly a unique pitch
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The British public needs someone who would be appalled by being perceived as a Tory.
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Am appalled that Poland is in and not Malta.
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Wake me up when Blanka's finished.
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What the hell Moldova? Where was she? Bah. My night's ruined.
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I can imagine that it was very disappointing. Still at least there's Germany ...
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I thought maybe being sober was to blame for me finding this the most boring Eurovision ever but my mate's drinking and he's saying the same.
For what it's worth...top three - Moldova, Croatia, Serbia. But in truth there wasn't a single decent tune amongst the lot of them and I usually like at least a one or two.
For what it's worth...top three - Moldova, Croatia, Serbia. But in truth there wasn't a single decent tune amongst the lot of them and I usually like at least a one or two.
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I'm going Belgium, Finland, UK
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I'd managed to avoid the UK effort until now and thought it sucked but then I thought all of the favourites sucked. That caterwauling Swedish lass was absolutely bloody awful.
It was sad that Mr Finland didn't make my suggested alterations to his costume but he did ok, in fact his performance was much better than the video.
As for Belgium, after about 30 seconds I decided going for a wee was a better use of my time.
It was sad that Mr Finland didn't make my suggested alterations to his costume but he did ok, in fact his performance was much better than the video.
As for Belgium, after about 30 seconds I decided going for a wee was a better use of my time.
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Sadly the caterwauling swedish lass is running away with it
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After all that magical thinking and everything
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I can only assume Sweden bribed all the juries because last time I heard a noise like she made I was pulling knotted butcher's string out of my cat's arse.
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Yeah that was wrong. The audience clearly wanted Finland to win (as, by this point did I).
Ah well, next year.
Ah well, next year.
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Well at least giant pea arm boy made it mildly exciting in the end.
Many thanks to our resident Clanger for writing all those reviews which were much more entertaining than the event itself.
Many thanks to our resident Clanger for writing all those reviews which were much more entertaining than the event itself.
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Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
From the sex-pest comments --
Cllr Bayo Alaba @BayoAlaba
Sorry guys, no endorsement from me of your story. Wes is a mate of mine. I 'liked' by accident as I was swiping off your page
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Cllr Bayo Alaba @BayoAlaba
Sorry guys, no endorsement from me of your story. Wes is a mate of mine. I 'liked' by accident as I was swiping off your page
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Let's not get confused, this is a different allegation from the one that made the headlines recently.
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I see the Kipper is focussing on the MOST important things
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Polls have closed in Turkey, and early indications aren't too great for The Sultan.
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"Next year’s contest will be staged in Sweden on the 50th anniversary of Abba’s first triumph."
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... skiy-speak
Forgive me for sounding cynical, but to me this explains exactly how so many of the Eurovision "judges" mysteriously voted for Sweden's beigetastic Abba redo.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... skiy-speak
Forgive me for sounding cynical, but to me this explains exactly how so many of the Eurovision "judges" mysteriously voted for Sweden's beigetastic Abba redo.
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Meh, its certainly no worse than last year's winner.
This is Eurovision - musical merit has hardly been the only thing deciding the thing in its 67 year history.
This is Eurovision - musical merit has hardly been the only thing deciding the thing in its 67 year history.
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I beg to differ - last year's winner was ace!
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Finland was hardly big on musical merit - but it was ace fun. Sweden was a dirge perfomed by a constipated individual singing an old song.
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It's lucky that a "free-speech absolutist" is running the world's 'town square', so the people of Turkey can have their voices heard...ohAnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Sun 14 May, 2023 5:34 pm Polls have closed in Turkey, and early indications aren't too great for The Sultan.
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So I went to the Opera House to listen to some pianists. They were mostly excellent but one Brazilian woman played a piece which she described as 'a conversation with her baby'. It was her playing piano over a loop of her baby crying for about 10 minutes. I don't know about you lot but the sound of a baby crying sets my teeth on edge and makes me want to throw the damn thing in the bin. She even provided a monologue about how having the baby made the universe magical or some such shit.
Let me just make one thing clear, there is nothing special about having a child. Animals have been reproducing for 500 million years without making a fuss about it. Your baby might be special to you but for everyone else it's a noisy, ugly homunculus that you should keep to yourself.
Let me just make one thing clear, there is nothing special about having a child. Animals have been reproducing for 500 million years without making a fuss about it. Your baby might be special to you but for everyone else it's a noisy, ugly homunculus that you should keep to yourself.
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Unfortunately, looks like Erdogan has done better than originally appeared likely.
(if you believe the official scores anyway)
(if you believe the official scores anyway)
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Apologies. I'm running low on things that make everything better.
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