Everything posted by Brett-Butler
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final Two
This feels very Eurovision and very 80s. Think it'll qualify.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final Two
ANOTHER song with Christian-y lyrical content? Not complaining mind. Okay-ish power ballad from Austria.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final Two
Greece is very visually appealing. By the numbers verse but a decent chorus., The invisible suited dancers reminds me of the video to "Keeping the Dream Alive" by Freiheit.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final Two
Mr Czechia is very out of tune.
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Coronavirus Discussion
You’re right, I put in the wrong ages, now edited. Hopefully won’t be long until it is 20+ though.
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Coronavirus Discussion
Vaccinations now open to 25-29 year olds in Northern Ireland, which will mean that by next week all my family will firmly be on the road to full protection.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
One for the straights there - Belgium through.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
What's with the Seven of Clubs playing card that Irish guy keeps showing to the camera?
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
This one's a wee bit "Problem".
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
Well, the one thing you can say about Ukraine's entry is that it doesn't sound like anything else in the contest.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
Well, there's some different instruments in Azerbaijan's song.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
Israel's entry is quite pleasant.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
Hooverphonic seem to be this year's "somewhat credible band booked for the wrong gig" act this year.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
Croatia's is the first entry that feels like it could be a hit sans-Eurovision.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
This one's a wee bit S&M-y, as directed by Clive Barker.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
Cyprus's entry is just "Bad Romance", ain't it?
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
Yeah, don't think Ireland's getting through.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
Dear BBC, Please consider showing adverts just one time a year. During these segments in Eurovision semi-finals. Regards, B-B.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
Liking the Art of Noise-esque music stabs on this. That's about it.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
Not my favourite Swedish entry from recent years, but definitely demonstration that the Swedes take their entries seriously. Definitely going to qualify.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 · Semi Final One
I see the Vatican City's finally entered Eurovision at last...wait, it's just Slovenia.
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Coronavirus Discussion
I cannot see us going back into lockdown, even with the rise on cases. The populations with the highest risk of death and long-term complications have now been vaccinated, with those in the younger categories less likely to have complications leading to the overwhelming of the health service, and with the way the rollout is going those in the younger categories will be vaccinated soon enough anyway.
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By-elections 2024
As I've mentioned since the 2019 election, the realignment isn't between the north and south, but between the cities and the towns and villages, which is why we've been seeing not only Labour losing a lot of the old industrial towns, but the Tories losing seats in London, and with no chance of making breakthroughs in the cities where Labour hold a strong position, even in the North - I can't imagine many seats in Newcastle & Liverpool falling to the Tories.
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By-elections 2024
There will be another by-election in a Labour marginal seat coming up. As Tracy Brabin is almost guaranteed to be elected mayor of West Yorkshire, her seat in Batley & Spen will be up for contention soon (a seat she inherited from the murdered MP Jo Cox). Her majority in 2019 was 3,500 , and in the local elections the Tories ran Labour close, so it is one that could be a toss-up, although I think the odds will be in Labour's favour this time around.
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English local elections 2020/21
I'm presuming that it's just a bit of false promise from the Tory ranks, but goodness, if Labour lose London...