A Green MSP has been accused of ‘sad student politics’ after he suggested the UK’s triumphant Eurovision success was down to military support for Ukraine.
Urkaine’s jury were among the countries who awarded Sam Ryder’s Space Man the maximum 12 points in last night’s show, helping the UK achieve second place and ending years of bottom of the table misery.
The TikTok star, 32, was being beaten by Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra but received an outpouring of support from previous contestants of the competition, including Cheryl Baker, who claimed he had been the ‘best in years’.
However, Ross Greer, Scottish Greens MSP for West Scotland, did not appear to be convinced that the catchy melody and Ryder’s vocal skills earned the UK its best result in decades.
Mr Greer who is Scottish Greens MSP for West Scotland, tweeted: “All it took for the UK to get 12 points was a few thousands anti-tank missiles.”
The Scottish Conservatives chief whip Stephen Kerr likened his comments to “sad student politics”.
He said: “Leave it to Ross Greer to cheapen a fantastic international event with his sad student politics.
“Sam and the other competitors put on a great show, at a time when the world sorely needed it.
“The vote reflected that.
“Once again, these petulant comments fall below the standard expected of a public servant.
“Greer tried to cast a pall over a joyous occasion but has just ended up with egg on his face.”
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, welcomed the victory, Ukraine’s third since its 2003 Eurovision debut, and said “we will do our best” to one day host the contest in the port city of Mariupol.
And I’ve been banned from UK Politics (https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/) for pointing out that they were trying to defend the comments as a “snide joke”. The comments he made:
“All it took for the UK to get 12 points was a few thousand anti-tank missiles”
both essentially support the idea that we shouldn’t have helped Ukraine by sending weapons, making it more likely that Ukraine would fall to the Russians. How can they defend that as a snide joke?
It was another poorly-thought out remark by a person who has a history of such remarks.
Should we really be surprised?
Ross Greer is the twat that said Churchill was a white supremacist and a Nazi and he refused to supply Clydebank with anti aircraft ammunition so that the Nazis could bomb it in WW2 because he “hated the workers and the unions there”
He clearly has some ideological hatred of the UK and will say whatever shite comes to mind in the moment to justify it
I’ve never really liked Greer but what he says makes more sense than any other arguments for why the UK did so well.
Eurovision scores are often seen as being heavily influenced by politics. Is that a controversial statement? Is this not a common perception?
The articles I read (before seeing this) about the UK result were utterly senselss, illogical and simply incongruent with reality. “It was the staging – the company was really good”. It looked like a fucking climbing frame! I watched 5 seconds of a random competitor as a comparison and there was smoke and symmetry with a subtle hint of Escherism. It was objectively aesthetically superior and on balance I think Ross Greer is probably right.
She’s wrong. It was also down to the UK’s military support for Sweden, Finland and Estonia.
I thought it was universally accepted that Eurovision is lovely but the results have always been a bunch of political nonsense?
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A Green MSP has been accused of ‘sad student politics’ after he suggested the UK’s triumphant Eurovision success was down to military support for Ukraine.
Urkaine’s jury were among the countries who awarded Sam Ryder’s Space Man the maximum 12 points in last night’s show, helping the UK achieve second place and ending years of bottom of the table misery.
The TikTok star, 32, was being beaten by Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra but received an outpouring of support from previous contestants of the competition, including Cheryl Baker, who claimed he had been the ‘best in years’.
However, Ross Greer, Scottish Greens MSP for West Scotland, did not appear to be convinced that the catchy melody and Ryder’s vocal skills earned the UK its best result in decades.
Mr Greer who is Scottish Greens MSP for West Scotland, tweeted: “All it took for the UK to get 12 points was a few thousands anti-tank missiles.”
The Scottish Conservatives chief whip Stephen Kerr likened his comments to “sad student politics”.
He said: “Leave it to Ross Greer to cheapen a fantastic international event with his sad student politics.
“Sam and the other competitors put on a great show, at a time when the world sorely needed it.
“The vote reflected that.
“Once again, these petulant comments fall below the standard expected of a public servant.
“Greer tried to cast a pall over a joyous occasion but has just ended up with egg on his face.”
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, welcomed the victory, Ukraine’s third since its 2003 Eurovision debut, and said “we will do our best” to one day host the contest in the port city of Mariupol.
And I’ve been banned from UK Politics (https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/) for pointing out that they were trying to defend the comments as a “snide joke”. The comments he made:
“All it took for the UK to get 12 points was a few thousand anti-tank missiles”
[https://twitter.com/Ross_Greer/status/1525599027106091008](https://twitter.com/Ross_Greer/status/1525599027106091008)
and
“I feel like the arms dealing is a long terms strategy which plays better to the UK’s strengths”
[https://twitter.com/Ross_Greer/status/1525600443459584000](https://twitter.com/Ross_Greer/status/1525600443459584000)
both essentially support the idea that we shouldn’t have helped Ukraine by sending weapons, making it more likely that Ukraine would fall to the Russians. How can they defend that as a snide joke?
It was another poorly-thought out remark by a person who has a history of such remarks.
Should we really be surprised?
Ross Greer is the twat that said Churchill was a white supremacist and a Nazi and he refused to supply Clydebank with anti aircraft ammunition so that the Nazis could bomb it in WW2 because he “hated the workers and the unions there”
He clearly has some ideological hatred of the UK and will say whatever shite comes to mind in the moment to justify it
I’ve never really liked Greer but what he says makes more sense than any other arguments for why the UK did so well.
Eurovision scores are often seen as being heavily influenced by politics. Is that a controversial statement? Is this not a common perception?
The articles I read (before seeing this) about the UK result were utterly senselss, illogical and simply incongruent with reality. “It was the staging – the company was really good”. It looked like a fucking climbing frame! I watched 5 seconds of a random competitor as a comparison and there was smoke and symmetry with a subtle hint of Escherism. It was objectively aesthetically superior and on balance I think Ross Greer is probably right.
She’s wrong. It was also down to the UK’s military support for Sweden, Finland and Estonia.
I thought it was universally accepted that Eurovision is lovely but the results have always been a bunch of political nonsense?