A GB News star has slammed the BBC for "refusing to play a song" that topped the charts, despite mocking Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Freezing This Christmas - a rewritten version of Christmas classic Lonely This Christmas - takes aim at the government for stripping millions of pensioners of their winter fuel payments.
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. It'll be cold, so cold, without fuel at home, this Christmas."
So far, the charitable parody has managed to raise £15,000 for Age UK - depsite radio stations allegedly refusing to play it. Now, GB News star, Patrick Christys, has hit out at the "shameless left wing bias" of the BBC.
He wrote on X (formerly Twitter): "Apparently the BBC refuses to play the song Freezing This Christmas by @GrannyHarmer despite it going to number 1 in the iTunes chart. That is a political decision that tells you everything you need to know about the shameless left wing bias of our state broadcaster."
Fans and followers of the presenter agreed, with one replying in the comments: "It’s absolutely disappointing that they’re not playing it. I sang it at Karaoke the other day. The pensioners in the room, they loved it and wish it to be played on every station to spread the awareness to all lefties that the withdrawal of the WFA is going to freeze our OAPs!"
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Apparently the BBC refuses to play the song Freezing This Christmas by @GrannyHarmer despite it going to number 1 in the iTunes chart. That is a political decision that tells you everything you need to know about the shameless left wing bias of our state broadcaster.
— Patrick Christys (@PatrickChristys) December 18, 2024
"The BBC are Labour's guard dog," another said, while a third added: "So very disgusting of @BBCNews! Just shows how much they disrespect the pensioners !!!"
Freelance writer and marketer Chris Middleton, 33, was the man behind the lyrics as he claimed he wrote the song in under an hour.
He also hit out at radio stations not playing the tune, saying: "I've not heard it one time – I get being impartial, but surely that contradicts freedom of speech.
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"If it's not being played, it's raising less money, and this message shouldn't be blocked." He added: "There are so many people out there suffering because Labour took away the allowance. They should reverse it – we all make mistakes."
A spokesperson for the BBC denied the corporation is blocking the song being played, stating it does not have "specific policies on tracks or ban any songs."
They added: "Decisions on what we play are always made with the relevant audiences and context in mind."
