Eurovision 2016

So, how was Eurovision 2016 for you? A fun-filled evening of cheesy pop (evenings, if you also caught the semi-finals). Here, for one half of the household, specifically the white-blue-red striped half, it was too much too bear...

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The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

I have little sympathy for governments. They play their games against each other and confuse the country's interests with their own and friends' interests, meanwhile forgetting their citizens' needs. Without taking sides in what's been happening in Russia and Ukraine recently, my sympathies lie only with the ordinary people.

Ukraine is a country caught between two differing beasts - the EU/ the West and Russia. It's like divorced parents offering increasingly larger presents to win the child's affection. The reality is that there is no wisdom of Solomon being dispensed. Nor is there one, genuine mother willing to give up her child rather than it being torn asunder. The death toll of 4300 is sickening figure for geopolitical posturing.

Discussing Peace