eddie izzard is to run for mayor of london.en as a national treasure now, where he was somewhat not a few years ago. this compared with russia, on the other hand, where there has been obviously sustained theynce against gays. fromed their performance the eurovision contest. this contrast as well in the macho, with vladimir putin riding bare chested on horseback , this is a kind of opening salvo, according to the telegraph, and what they are calling a culture war. the guardian, i will go on to the guardian now, christina patterson sees this same kind of event in a slightly different light. thehe sidelines of all celebration, victory over intolerance, she says to beware because a lot of people -- some people were tweeting that this is nonsense. that it is just a bloke and we should get over this. that wasone tweet deleted. basically a sign of the guardian sees as dissent on the sidelines that we are perhaps ignoring. also kind of confusion in the european union in general. eurovision according to the guardian as being seen kind o