So the BBC effectively perpetuated myths about the immigration system likely to lead to a) more fraudulent claims not less, b) wasting Home Office time, and c) ruining lives while enriching the very people they supposedly targeted. Great work.

I had a little look at the Eurovision shop. As there's no logo this year, there's no Vienna branded shirt. You can only get the ones that use the generic logo with the Austrian flag heart. Best option is this shirt which looks like the cheapest thing on redbubble.

One of my favourite things about LEP is the artists' choices of London holiday snaps. Here Satoshi decides to take a picture outside a Rymans.

This is such a fun idea to work Vienna cafe culture into Eurovision week. I would have loved this if it were a normal year and I was going.

We all have days like this

I thought they'd take the 70th anniversary as a chance to update to a less smashable model. It looks like cheap plastic though.

🇪🇪 I'm glad they upped the guitars. It's a bit less Disney, a bit more rock. I was quite fond of the original and will miss the way they did that little run after the second chorus. Would also have preferred them to just rock out in the bridge than do that chant. youtu.be/8Brb0M3UgEA?...

Joanna's gone full minion! #taskmaster

The new version of Solo Quiero Mas is seriously good. Just how high can it go in Vienna? youtu.be/yeYEYUHDgyc?...

The world is just memes now x

The number keeps going up. 138!

Spent some time watching a few Amsterdam performances and god Moldova were great. They're going to Zdob și Zdub, aren't they.

I mean, sure, I guess I could happily watch more of Jack Whitehall being flung headfirst into walls, why not #snluk

It's been quite a kinky episode this one, hasn't it. #SNLUK

I have no idea what that gen z bit was about. #SNLUK

What a great run of sketches. DadSwap took such an unhinged turn. #SNLUK

Thanks #SNLUK, I'm actually watching to forget about the football this week.

I feel like Jack has written his own monologue. #SNLUK

Fast forward three years to Martin Green insisting that China Central Television actually has nothing to do with the Chinese government and it's really important that the contest continues to bring the remaining countries together in the spirit of unity.

Just had a Conservative canvasser at the door and had a nice conversation about flags. He was part of the socially liberal tribe of the party, so we had an actual nice chat, but can't see them doing anything about it.

Why did #HIGNFY cut the "Praise Allah" bit from Trump's post?

Martin does not have to defend the vote. He just has to say "there was a vote, this was the result, we proceed on that basis". He chooses to explicitly advocate for Israel while claiming that turning a blind eye to war crimes is a fundamental part of the contest brand.

There was an easy way out of all this. Martin could have said from the start "We will have a vote on it. Our member organisations decide on Israel's future, not Eurovision itself. We will abide by that decision". A cop out perhaps, but it had the benefit of being true. I would have respected it.

Where the hell are they? #taskmaster

Only just realised Joel has a skateboard. #taskmaster

#Taskmaster series 21 prediction: 🥇 Nanjiani 🥈 Dommett 🥉 Gledhill 4️⃣ Iannucci 🥄 Page

Puja and Rosh look like sophisticated elegant women in the talking heads and twelve year old girls during the actual race. #RaceAcrossTheWorld

Would definitely do the overland route for this leg. Avoid ferries if at all possible. Too slow, too expensive. #RaceAcrossTheWorld

Katie isn't helping Harrison's Hinge campaign right now. #RaceAcrossTheWorld

Watching a repeat of Frankie Boyle's New World Order on Dave and it's so depressingly dated. They're discussing this awful racist nazi government and it's actually Theresa May.

I haven't seen too much in terms of Eurovision artist interactions this year. Is there anyone in particular I should follow on their socials? Who is having the most fun?

Anyway, if anyone fancies taking on the most chaotic fun job in politics, they are hiring:

SESAME STREET EXEC 1: kids love bright colours, so how about a bunch of humanoid puppets in red, green, blue, orange, yellow SESAME STREET EXEC 2: ooh what if the yellow one had a head like a banana? SESAME STREET EXEC 1: I love it, yes. banana head DIVERSITY HIRE GOTH: there should be a vampire

I don't want to praise Kasabian for anything, but I like that they've let the music act wander about the studio. #SNLUK

About 15 minutes behind on #SNLUK. I've normally enjoyed the cold open, but that was a weak one.

Who do we want as Saturday Night Live guest host after Riz Ahmed? Hannah Waddingham is top of my personal list (I have made a list). #SNLUK

"Oh my son" is made for the socials. #SNLUK

British Themed Pub a genuine banger. #SNLUK

We now also need Fergie as a regular character. #SNLUK

Tilly Norwood:

I've been reading some reviews and it seems no one can agree on which sketches were the hits and which were the misses. #SNLUK

SNL UK nicely conformed to that old Mitchell and Webb "Hit, hit, miss, hit, miss" sketch. A proper sketch show is born. #SNLUK

Taking some risks with jokes about people potentially dying in a war. Hopes and prayers that doesn't come back to bite them. #SNLUK

Whatever happens for the rest of the show, this is already much much better than The Last Leg. #SNLUK

Can we have Princess Di as a character every week? #SNLUK

The first Starmer sketch is actually good! One sketch down and we've already achieved the bare minimum!

Please be good. Please be good. Please be good. #SNLUK

Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.

Red Nose Day used to be a packed lineup of comedy stars. Now there's one sitcom doing a sketch?

Lumo is an icon and I'm still gutted I couldn't find him when I was in Basel last year.