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The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is Ukraine!

That was the sound of Ukraine, storming to victory in Eurovision 2022 in Turin.

At the time, the hope held by President Zelensky down was that when it was time for the competition to be held again that it could be held in a

Ukrainian city in a victorious Kiev perhaps but a year on it is not on the banks of the

Denepro but on the Mersey in Liverpool and though it is being held for them with them the echoes

of the war are perhaps a little bit fainter than we might have anticipated

a year ago with the European public, perhaps a bit more weary of the grind of a war without

apparent end. So today's episode isn't about Eurovision. It's about where we are with that war,

now 442 days old. Who, if anyone, is winning 442 days on? What, if anything,

might bring its end? It's Lewis here. Welcome to the newsagents.

The newsagents. Now, later on, we'll be bringing you the latest in our My Political Makeup series,

extended interviews with interesting politicians about what drives them in politics.

But first, back to Ukraine.

In Liverpool, it is inevitably this Eurovision, a peculiar event,

one that's never happened before,

that a city should have

to host in another's stead because of an ongoing conflict. A delicate balance between

celebrating the country it ought to have been in and the place that it is. We caught up with

Scott Bryan, TV critic and journalist who is covering this great song contest,

Jambery. It's a situation that Liverpool has really, really embraced. I was speaking to some

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