Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers for Christmas No.1?

n111ck · Wednesday at 15:55

BBC under pressure to play Christmas song mocking Starmer

Freezing This Christmas by Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers is a contender to top festive charts

www.telegraph.co.uk

The BBC is under pressure to play a Christmas number one contender parodying Sir Keir Starmer’s winter fuel cuts.

The track by Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers, which mocks Labour’s decision to strip millions of pensioners of the benefit, is topping music downloads charts with a week to go before Christmas Day.

However, the musicians behind the hit claim their campaign to get it to number one is being thwarted by radio stations refusing to play it.

The BBC is now being urged to prove its impartiality by giving airtime to the charity single, which is raising money for causes supporting the elderly.

The BBC just never manages to get it right lol..

zaniro · Wednesday at 16:02

VincentHanna · Wednesday at 17:27

Who downloads music anymore?

Hit me up when it breaks the top 40 on the streaming chart.

Armageus · Wednesday at 18:06

n111ck said:
The BBC is now being urged to prove its impartiality by giving airtime to the charity single, which is raising money for causes supporting the elderly.

I don't care much for the song or it getting to number 1, but forcing the BBC to admit it's lack of impartiality would be a huge win

marcus_667 · Thursday at 12:43

interesting not going to lie , but we all knew bbc isnt really impartial , and to be forced to fund them is even more annoying

VincentHanna · Thursday at 13:34

Surely playing an anti government song would be completely impartial?

There's loads of political songs they've been banned from playing over the years.

n111ck · Thursday at 17:06

VincentHanna said:
Who downloads music anymore?

Hit me up when it breaks the top 40 on the streaming chart.

Its for charity so streaming wouldnt help much.

Anyway it’s number 1 in the downloads chart.

bloodiedathame · Thursday at 17:20

I'm disappointed Boris didn't get a song with his 'nature's way of dealing with old people' comment regarding Covid.

VincentHanna · 2024-12-21T09:44:42+0000

Torygraph article says it was pipped to the post by Whams 'Last Christmas '

I checked the charts, it peaked at 37.

PlacidCasual · 2024-12-21T15:27:31+0000

I hadn't really payed attention to the charts for quite some years but when I read about this years number it was kind of sad how they are created Wham and Maria Carey doing so well just because they are streamed a lot on playlists. It kind of makes the whole thing redundant we'll just end up with the same recycle rubbish year after year making it to number one. It's another one of those inetersting little bits of the national life snuffed out by the ubiquity of the modern world. :-(

jcr · 2024-12-21T22:11:26+0000

VincentHanna said:
Torygraph article says it was pipped to the post by Whams 'Last Christmas '

I checked the charts, it peaked at 37.

and of course the charts are totally honest and always have been.