The SNP previously voted against a Labour

and triggered Israel's ongoing offensive in Gaza.It's hard not to interpret her lyrics as a response to those events – "everyone cries, don't cry alone". As a result, her participation hasn't received the same level of criticism as Eden Golan, who represented Israel last year.

That can't be said for Georgia's contestant,, who has been booed during pre-Eurovision appearances for her alleged support of the country's authoritarian, pro-Russian, anti-LGBT ruling party, Georgian Dream.Shengelia has denied the accusations, pointing out that her song – a stirring, quasi-militaristic ballad called

– is about "freedom of choice, freedom to love, freedom to live as you want to live"."No amount of manufactured hate will change that,"

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, a brooding and refined orchestral ballad.The Building Research Establishment (BRE) is a key body in the UK that was set up 100 years ago to help deliver quality science-led standards for the construction industry. It is the government’s expert adviser.

The BRE was privatised in 1997 - but the inquiry said it then became exposed to “unscrupulous product manufacturers.”The inquiry found there had been “systematic dishonesty” from those who made and sold the cladding.

Arconic, a manufacturer, “deliberately concealed” the true extent of the danger of the cladding used to wrap Grenfell Tower as a rain-proof barrier. Fire tests it commissioned showed the cladding performed poorly but this information was not given to the BBA, a British private certification company tasked with keeping the construction industry up to date.This “caused BBA to make statements that Arconic knew were ‘false and misleading’”, the report said.