The BBC came under fire last night for choosing a left-wing Eurovision contestant to represent a Britain that hates Boris Johnson, and said he should not have had a hospital bed when he had Covid.
May Mueller, 25, will perform in Liverpool next month despite previously declaring “I hate this country” amid a row over free school meals and nurses’ wages.
She also launched obscenities against the former prime minister and the Conservative Party and called on her followers to vote for Jeremy Corbyn.
Her choice has sparked a new row with the BBC, and risks angering the Ukrainians for whom the UK is hosting the contest this year.
Mr Johnson is a “great friend” to Kiev for his unwavering support against the Russian invaders while the country looks dimly at Mr Corbyn for calling on the West to stop arming them.
Mae Mueller, 25, will perform in Liverpool next month despite previously declaring “I hate this country” amid a row over free school meals and nurses’ wages
She also launched obscenities against the former prime minister and the Conservative Party and called on her followers to vote for Jeremy Corbyn. Her choice sparked a new bias row with the BBC and risks angering the Ukrainians for whom the UK is hosting the competition this year.
Boris Johnson photographed himself while self-isolating on 3 April 2020, just days before he was to be taken to hospital
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg said the choice of Ms Mueller made the company look “characteristically foolish” after Gary Lineker’s row and that it was “totally unsuitable”.
He added: “Her comments about Boris Johnson are simply unpleasant. I can’t think anyone would like to see someone like that represent the UK.”
Ukrainian anti-disinformation campaigner Olga Matveyeva called the selection “a blow in the teeth for Ukrainians” who won the competition last year and should host it.
It is not too late to choose a more suitable person
She said: “Her ignorance we can forgive, but how could one of our dearest allies choose someone with such misguided views to represent them at what should be our Eurovision?”
She added that her countrymen “have nothing but the utmost respect” for Johnson.
BBC bosses have chosen Ms Mueller from management company TaP Music, after they stopped leaving the choice of candidate to a public vote in 2019.
The partnership was successful last year after the selection of Sam Ryder, who finished second on the Ukrainian representation, Kalush Orchestra.
The Sunday Telegraph revealed a series of highly political slurs on social media by the singer.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Tory MP, said choosing Ms Mueller made the company look “characteristically foolish” after Gary Lineker’s row and that it was “totally unsuitable”.
As Johnson remained in intensive care for a third day at St Thomas’ Hospital (pictured) in London on April 8, 2020, Ms Mueller tweeted: ‘Unpopular opinion but I don’t feel sorry for Boris Johnson. “Yes, he is a human being, yes, he has children, and so are the hundreds of other people who have already died because of Tory politics.”
While Johnson remained in intensive care for a third day at St Thomas’ Hospital in London on 8 April 2020, Ms Mueller tweeted: ‘Unpopular opinion but I don’t feel sorry for Boris Johnson.
“Yes, he is a human being, yes, he has children, and so are the hundreds of other people who have already died because of Tory politics.
“You take a bed in intensive care but you’re not on a ventilator and in ‘high spirits’?” Nah Matty.
She also supported Labor when Corbyn led the party in the 2019 general election, tweeting “f*** the Tories”.
Ms. Mueller wrote: “Please register to vote today! And when you vote please vote for action! We have the power to eliminate these racist elites, so let’s do it! She also wrote “f*** Boris” when he won the election.
Last night there was a disappointment in her choice. Conservative MP Sir John Hayes said: “No one who hates the United Kingdom should represent the United Kingdom in an international competition. It would be highly hypocritical to do so.”
“It’s never too late for the BBC to choose someone more suitable and more talented.” Mr Rhys-Mogg added: “It’s strange to think of why she would want to represent her country, which she doesn’t like very much.
What she said makes her completely inappropriate. It also makes the BBC look characteristically foolish.
He said that after Lineker’s disagreement, when he criticized official policy on immigrants, “maybe they could have chosen someone who was apolitical.”
Mr Rees-Mogg said her selection “was not the way to get friendly countries, particularly Ukraine, to vote for our candidate”.
Ukrainian Peter Zalmayev, director of the Eurasian Democracy Initiative, said: “To say that no one deserves a hospital bed?
“The Ukrainians have beds even for the Russians, so to hear that it is said of Mr. Johnson, the great friend of Ukraine, is sad.”
Ms. Muller’s Eurovision entry, called I Wrote A Song, is in the UK Top 40. Her representative and TaP Music did not respond to a request for comment. The BBC declined to comment.
