Madam, – Rather than just wallowing in the almost obligatory post-Eurovision Song Contest national whinge, the excellent geographic and demographic analysis provided by Adrian Kavanagh (Opinion, May 28th), points to a possible way out of this, by now, annual humiliation.
First, citing mutual advantage, we prevail upon the UK to break up its entry into its constituent parts of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Second, in conjunction with Iceland, we encourage other “friendly neighbours” like the Isle of Man, Faroe Islands and Greenland, to enter the competition, thus forming a “distinct regional voting bloc” of our own.
Then we just sit back and watch all those douze points roll in.
Any doubts about the eligibility of these “countries” for the Eurovision Song Contest due to a lack of national broadcasting organisations can easily be allayed by the simple provision of a brass plate or two bearing the names of said corporations in our very own IFSC.
After all, this is one area of international competition in which we are still truly world class! – Yours, etc,