As Guido noted last week, a festive tune criticising Keir Starmer over Labour’s winter fuel debacle is picking up a lot of fans. The track, by Sir Keir Starmer and The Granny Harmers, is called “Freezing this Christmas”…
Now the BBC has been dragged into a row over its refusal to play the song, which is a contender for the Christmas charts. The song will hit the official charts on Friday, having reached 85 in the midweek table. It is already number one the EE Big Top 40 which measures downloads and streams on Apple Music…
A BBC spokesperson said music track decisions are made “with the relevant audiences and context in mind”. In that case, it should be on BBC radio very soon…
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”