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Philip Churm
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Journalist, Lecturer, Media Consultant … Lefty!
Lancastrian in Devon via Birmingham. 🍉
https://linktr.ee/TheChurm
As Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Iceland & Spain say they'll pull out of the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel takes part, BBC director general Tim Davie says the Eurovision Song Contest has "never been about politics."
I can count at least 16 examples of politics affecting the competition!
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
August 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Genuinely saddened to hear of the death of #cleolaine She was a great musical artist with a phenomenal range.
July 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
First statement from @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social following the announcement by @zarahsultana.bsky.social to leave Labour and form a new party:
July 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
NB: A chant by a politically-motivated artist is not antisemitic.

This argument is, in itself, antisemitic “because it (wrongly) conflates Jewish people as a whole with a genocidal army.”
June 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
St George, England’s patron saint, is a symbol of diversity and inclusion ... because he wasn’t English!
Possibly of Middle Eastern descent, he's revered in Christianity & Islam & admired in England, Ethiopia, Palestine, Georgia & Turkey. He shows that "Englishness" is about shared values and unity.
April 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Early morning walk in the park.
November 15, 2024 at 11:27 PM
A similar scheduled event in 2022 was cancelled after plans were made public, reports suggest.
November 14, 2024 at 11:08 PM
As I join the eXodus from other social media platforms - I wondered what powerful, hard-hitting, controversial, political or witty thing I should make as my first post.
So, here is a photo of a cat!
November 14, 2024 at 11:50 AM