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The Eurovision hurricane

The tantrums over Eden Golan epitomised the childishness of performative protest

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May 14, 2024
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Israel's Eden Golan and Ireland's Bambie Thug, contestants at Eurovision

This is an expanded version of my column in The Times of London (£) today.

When the Irish Eurovision contestant, Bambie Thug, failed to bully Israel’s competitor out of the contest being staged in the Swedish town of Malmö, Thug did what today’s culture warriors feel is an appropria…

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