I like the positive approach. And yes, it is much more than a party this time. It's a responsibility and worth paying for to make the point of solidarity to the world at large.
To that end, it's even more important that it is held in Liverpool, and not Glasgow. Our international reach and resonance is just beyond question.
As an aside, and away from Eurovision, how telling and upsetting that 47% of our income comes from tourism and that McColgan went into this feeling the underdog.
Not that tourism should be earning us less, but that other sectors should be earning us much, much more. And how can a city go so quickly from being European Capital of Culture and the country's most dynamic modern economy, to one which hinges on the efforts of singlular individuals battling against a wind of national irrelevance.
We need to remember who we really are and, now Joe Anderson is GONE, things have to change.
Really liked the article, felt it was well balanced and honest. However we won regardless of all the comments and negativity. Cannot wait for next year. Roll on Eurovision.
It’s all a curiously unsettling leitmotif. This ‘we’re better than you’ refrain of city battling city to host a glittery show when, not so very far away, cities like Mariupol and Kharkiv would just like the chance to exist at all. But, to its credit, it’s a refrain that our city hasn’t been joining in with.
Excellent reading once again, although I have no real interest in Eurovision (More camp than the top floor of Millets). I reckon Liverpool really should host the contest, it's a natural place for such an event and it would feel like it's at its spiritual home, after all, Liverpool is a NATURAL party venue, no big offence to Glasgow, but can you REALLY imagine such a fun event taking place there? Whereas in Liverpool as I said it would just seem like something special, the kind of event Liverpool Revels in
The guy in Glasgow was just doing his job, albeit in a hamfisted way. As for the Telegraph, so what? They’re playing to their audience. When Liverpool was named European Capital of Culture, one of the cities it beat was Newcastle. Not long after the announcement, the Bunnymen were playing Glastonbury and right at the start Mac asked ‘Anyone ‘ere from Newcastle?’ After some Geordies cheered he said ‘Well yer city’s shit.’ And that’s not apocryphal because I was there.
"47% of our income comes from tourism" is a worry as it's not good for us to be so dependent on one sector. I wish there was no toll to cross the Mersey and that east and west of the Mersey were more connected, in the same way as north and south of the Thames.
Well done Liverpool for being the host of Eurovision. I'm confident that we can be a worthy substitute for Ukraine and Odessa.
I like the positive approach. And yes, it is much more than a party this time. It's a responsibility and worth paying for to make the point of solidarity to the world at large.
To that end, it's even more important that it is held in Liverpool, and not Glasgow. Our international reach and resonance is just beyond question.
As an aside, and away from Eurovision, how telling and upsetting that 47% of our income comes from tourism and that McColgan went into this feeling the underdog.
Not that tourism should be earning us less, but that other sectors should be earning us much, much more. And how can a city go so quickly from being European Capital of Culture and the country's most dynamic modern economy, to one which hinges on the efforts of singlular individuals battling against a wind of national irrelevance.
We need to remember who we really are and, now Joe Anderson is GONE, things have to change.
Really liked the article, felt it was well balanced and honest. However we won regardless of all the comments and negativity. Cannot wait for next year. Roll on Eurovision.
Well said:
It’s all a curiously unsettling leitmotif. This ‘we’re better than you’ refrain of city battling city to host a glittery show when, not so very far away, cities like Mariupol and Kharkiv would just like the chance to exist at all. But, to its credit, it’s a refrain that our city hasn’t been joining in with.
Excellent reading once again, although I have no real interest in Eurovision (More camp than the top floor of Millets). I reckon Liverpool really should host the contest, it's a natural place for such an event and it would feel like it's at its spiritual home, after all, Liverpool is a NATURAL party venue, no big offence to Glasgow, but can you REALLY imagine such a fun event taking place there? Whereas in Liverpool as I said it would just seem like something special, the kind of event Liverpool Revels in
The guy in Glasgow was just doing his job, albeit in a hamfisted way. As for the Telegraph, so what? They’re playing to their audience. When Liverpool was named European Capital of Culture, one of the cities it beat was Newcastle. Not long after the announcement, the Bunnymen were playing Glastonbury and right at the start Mac asked ‘Anyone ‘ere from Newcastle?’ After some Geordies cheered he said ‘Well yer city’s shit.’ And that’s not apocryphal because I was there.
"47% of our income comes from tourism" is a worry as it's not good for us to be so dependent on one sector. I wish there was no toll to cross the Mersey and that east and west of the Mersey were more connected, in the same way as north and south of the Thames.
Well done Liverpool for being the host of Eurovision. I'm confident that we can be a worthy substitute for Ukraine and Odessa.