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The London-born singer-songwriter will perform her track I Wrote A Song at the final in Liverpool next week.
"I am not going to take any lessons in solidarity from a Tory Cabinet minister who doesn’t understand what he is talking about," Mick Whelan fumed.
Many UK fans have already given the song "douze points" on Twitter.
The I Wrote A Song singer has already toured with a chart-topping British group, performed for Jimmy Fallon and boasts a surprising Eurovision connection.
Following Sam Ryder's success in 2022, this year the UK is sending an uptempo bop to Liverpool.
Tickets for the song contest in Liverpool sold out in just half an hour earlier this week.
The much-loved song contest was the source of plenty of stress on Tuesday afternoon.
“I know that’s really greedy of me," the comedian said.
The much-loved music event will be taking place in Liverpool this year, on behalf of Ukraine.