Eurotrashed

So, true to form, a song I thought was a pretty strong entry for the UK comes last in the ESC*. Inevitably UK social media's post-contest dissection takes place; "Why does the UK always come last? Why does Europe hate us so?" they ask. Previously, for a couple of years at least, the general concensus of opinion was that the UK was involved with an unpopular US president and his illegal war in Iraq - which a lot of Europeans disagreed with; thus voicing their disagreement by regularly awarding the UK nil points. Then we had the excuse that the UK was hated because it had the mad idea to leave the European Union with Brexit. Europe was so disgusted with that betrayal that they again punished the UK with nil points for a while. Then one year it was liked because the UK was one of the first countries to offer support for Ukraine when it was invaded by Russia and thusly came second, losing out to its new best mates Ukraine - who only won on a pity vote. (That's how Reddit is spinning that…