'On the face of it, the UK should boycott the Eurovision Song Contest, if only because it isn't a song contest. It's an exercise in political voting, which is democracy in action,' said a UK spokesman today. Most of Europe, especially Australia, the most European country in the southern hemisphere, has decided to boycott the contest because Israel, the most European not European country even allowing for Australia is still allowed in.
However song experts, who don't routinely follow the Eurovision Song Contest for reasons too complex to record here, have pointed out that the UK has a unique role in the contest which is to come last. If the UK backs out of the contest then Israel stands to both win and be voted last, which isn't very British.
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