‘Two-tier’ BBC refuses to play Keir Starmer parody despite airing anti-Thatcher song
The BBC has been accused of “two-tier broadcasting” following its refusal to play the Sir Keir Starmer parody Freezing This Christmas despite airing a song critical of Margaret Thatcher.
The broadcaster has continually refused to play the track, which uses the melody of Lonely This Christmas, Mud’s 1974 hit, in a parody about the withdrawal of winter fuel payments.
It's pleasant to see the BBC in a cleft stick, especially one which makes it seem even more furtive and inconsistent than usual.
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Yes, I'd forgotten about the anti-Thatcher songs. There were several. It just shows the BBC's utter hypocrisy.
The Streisand Effect is certainly going strong. I've seen the Starmer song on X, and elsewhere. It's good to know that a ban only works if you can enforce it, and tech developments mean those days are long gone.
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