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Could tartan-clad, kilt-lifting Scot hit right Eurovision note?



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Published Date: 26 May 2008
By Tristan Stewart-Robertson
In a political climate where the UK has few friends, it may be time for home nations to take turn about if we are to win the event again
HIGH-PITCH screeching angels, bearded back-up singers and flag-waving patriotism. It could only be Eurovision and, as Abba sang, we "couldn't escape if we wanted to". It's been a long time since Waterloo took the crown in the annual song contest, and...



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  • Last Updated: 25 May 2008 10:42 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Eurovision Song Contest
 
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26/05/2008 03:45:45
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EWB,

UK 26/05/2008 09:18:29
Back in the 1960s, when Kenneth MacKellar represented the UK, he was told at the last moment by the BBC to don his kilt. It had no effect on the outcome.

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eric,

26/05/2008 09:42:12
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PLEASE DONT our image is backward enough without dragging us back .
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eric,

26/05/2008 09:42:13
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PLEASE DONT our image is backward enough without dragging us back .
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Venachar,

26/05/2008 10:01:57
What they have on this waste on time and money cannot be called music.
Anyone who has seen central and eastern european tv and their Friday Night at The Palladium type shows knows how rubbish it is!

Don't see how we should pay Terry Wogan an over inflated salary for years for this cows manure. Waste of License Fee for years. Yes Terry do us all a favour and go away never to return.
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Conan the Librarian™,

26/05/2008 10:02:24
Jemimi? Freudian slip there;-)
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Itchy,

26/05/2008 11:40:13
""Scotland is well liked and regarded and, with the talent we've got, we could put together a fantastic Eurovision bid. It's a bit of fun, but the UK had its chance so give the four home nations their chance." "

Yes, the people will vote for the country that sends idiots in kilts to watch their football, get drunk, p*ss in their gardens and vomit in the streets.

Terry Wogan is a xenophobic moron who has no wit and no grasp of geography. The event was won by the Russian Robbie Williams and Britain entered a guy who lost a reality show 3 years ago.
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26/05/2008 16:14:01
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westview,

All the best fighters from the Romans to the Zulu 26/05/2008 16:38:47
As long as it is broadcast by a Scottish Broadcasting Corporation ,it will be much improved. The BBC is not fit for purpose and is far too dear. Millions of pounds for a compere and no cash to fix those nimrod air planes flying over our heads? Its obscene Westminster folly.
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Graem3s,

edinburgh 26/05/2008 20:03:30
yea - thats right - get your nationalist views stuck RIGHT in there.. i mean of course, those idiots in holyrood would do a far better job than a parliament that has given Britain its superior status for the past few hundred years...

But yes. we'd have 4 times more chance if they send all four nations in..
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westview,

over here 26/05/2008 20:36:16
#10#.Yup, England needs to feel superior, Scots just want equality , not colonial status in this last remnant of the British Empire. As for Hollyrood ,it is now doing a better job than the mother in law of parliaments at Westminster. Proof? All the envious comments from south of the border about how well the Scots are doing.
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Steve,

Bo'ness 26/05/2008 22:22:34
I'd back a Scottish entry 100%, but I don't see how anything Scottish has to be somehow draped in tartan. British=good, Scottish=bad. What a stupid argument.
Is this a unionist perspective of how Scotland should present itself to the world?

 

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