As protests go, it was quieter than Sinéad O’Connor tearing up a picture of the Pope. Ireland’s Eurovision entrant Bambie Thug, who had resisted calls by 400 artists to boycott the competition, signalled their stance on Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza at Thursday’s semi-final through the medium of Ogham. Or at least that was the plan. An hour before the live show the singer was instructed to wipe the inscriptions off. It is not clear how the European Broadcasting Union – which banned Russia from participating but, inexplicably, has ignored calls to blacklist Israel – was alerted to the fact...
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