BBC refuses to play charity song mocking Keir Starmer over winter fuel payments as it hits No 1 in downloads charts
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The BBC has been slammed as 'so biased' for its refusal to play an anti-Starmer Christmas song which has now hit No 1 downloads in the charts. Freezing This Christmas is all about the government's slashing of winter fuel payments for pensioners and the resultant 'hardship' inflicted on its victims.
The track, written by freelance marketer and writer Chris Middleton, uses the melody of Mud's 1974 hit Lonely This Christmas and has been released under the mock band name Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers. All revenue generated from sales will go towards charities supporting the elderly.
But despite this apparently kind gesture, the song has so far racked up a total of 0 minutes air time on BBC radio stations. Mr Middleton said in response to the silence: 'I would like them to play it – it's in the downloads chart, so people obviously want to hear it.'.
Dean Ager, the singer on the track, claimed the BBC's refusal to play the song is 'giving them bad publicity for being so biased', and urged them to give it 'proper airplay and stop denying the chance to raise money for charity and raise awareness', the Telegraph reports.
The song features the lyrics: 'It'll be freezing this Christmas, without fuel at home, it'll be freezing this Christmas, while Keir Starmer is warm. It'll be cold, so cold, without fuel at home, this Christmas.'. The song mocks the decision to strip up to 10 million pensioners of the winter fuel payment based on new means-tested criteria.