BBC presenter loses job after releasing anti-Starmer song

Back to the Beeb, which continues to get better at being the focus of news headlines rather than, er, producing them. Now a freelance weekend newsreader is on the warpath, with the ex-BBC presenter claiming he was let go from the public service broadcaster after it emerged he made an anti-Keir Starmer charity Christmas single. Good heavens…

Chris Middleton worked at BBC Radio Newcastle for six years before producing the ‘Freezing This Christmas’ hit. The tongue-in-cheek tune intended to make a serious point about the winter fuel payment cuts introduced by Starmer’s army, with the rather creative lyrics including:

And she told me that she doesn’t get out of bed till midday,

Because she didn’t want to turn the heating on.

Each time I remember, I’ve paid taxes all my life,

I cry as I wonder: Will I make it? Will my wife?

I just break down as I look around

And the only things I see are foreign wars and open doors

And a freezing OAP.