Charity song mocking Keir Starmer over winter fuel payments tops download charts as makers blast radio stations who are refusing to play it
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A parody song taking aim at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for stripping millions of pensioners of their winter fuel payments has topped download charts, but those behind it are blasting radio stations for refusing to play it. Freezing This Christmas - a rewritten version of Christmas classic Lonely This Christmas - has topped the EE Big Top 40, which ranks songs based on Apple streams and downloads.
![[Sir Keir Starmer's government has stripped many pensioners of the payout after discovering a £22billion black hole in the country's finances]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/10/93267797-14204983-image-m-19_1734516525556.jpg)
The song, by 'Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers', mocks the decision to strip up to 10 million pensioners of the winter fuel payment based on new means-tested criteria. Lyrics to the song include: 'It'll be freezing this Christmas, without fuel at home, it'll be freezing this Christmas, while Keir Starmer is warm.
![[The musicians behind the hit song have claimed their efforts to win the title of Christmas No.1 are being thwarted by radio stations refusing to play it to their audiences]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/10/93267767-14204983-image-a-21_1734516681101.jpg)
'It'll be cold, so cold, without fuel at home, this Christmas.'. But the musicians behind the hit song have claimed their efforts to win the title of Christmas No.1 are being thwarted by radio stations refusing to play it to their audiences. Freelance writer and marketer Chris Middleton, 33, spent an hour writing the lyrics to the song.
![[Chancellor Rachel Reeves is also mentioned in the song, with writers describing her as a 'fraud']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/10/93267799-14204983-image-a-20_1734516588618.jpg)
Despite describing himself as 'not very political', he told the Telegraph he felt drawn to create it: 'I felt obligated to take on the issue. Pensioners have told me they feel abandoned.'. The song, by 'Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers', mocks the decision to strip up to 10 million pensioners of the winter fuel payment based on new means-tested criteria.
![[Mr Middleton and Mr Ager are urging fans to continue streaming the song in a bid to make their way up the official charts]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/10/93267761-14204983-image-a-22_1734516708303.jpg)
