Licence Fee Payers Join the Eurovision Dots - And the BBC’s Having a Meltdown
The BBC has come out in support of the EBU decision to include Israel in next year's Eurovision - but then the BBC helps fund it out of the licence fee! Right, so here’s the thing about Eurovision this year, and the BBC I daresay might have really hoped nobody would join the dots on this – sorry, not sorry. Because while the Eurovision Broadcasting Union was busy insisting the contest is not political – as if you can put Israel on stage while Gaza is being levelled and expect nobody to notice – the BBC have stepped forward to say it agreed with that decision, and that’s where the trouble…
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