The charity song supports freezing elderly this winter…
The Beeb have refused to play it, commercial radio have only played part of it in their charts, but there is no doubting – as we reported at the weekend – Freezing This Christmas is proving popular with the unamused British public who are a bit peeved that pensioners are not getting winter fuel payments while the Ukraine is getting twelve million quid of UK taxpayers hard earned dosh.
Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers aka Chris Middleton (composer) and Dean Agar (vocals), and their updated parody of the 1970s Elvis Presley styled Lonely This Christmas by Mud, have seen their odds to top the UK charts on Christmas Day slashed by William Hill.
The group’s ‘Freezing this Christmas‘ single, which criticises the Prime Minister’s decision to cut winter fuel payments this year, has been backed from 20/1 into 12/1 in the space of 24 hours. That price means the song now occupies second place in the betting to be this year’s Christmas number one, behind only runaway favourites Wham! (1/16).
Being a fan of charity, if George Michael was alive he’d probably be saying go buy and stream the charity OAP single, but sadly George left us in 2016, so its up to the public whether they want a festive wham bam or a warmer gran. However, seriously, it is unlikely the charity single will trouble the top twenty as it doesn’t have a big record company backing the track to push it through the charts. It may however make the top 30.
Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps:
“Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers’ parody of Mud’s festive classic is now a serious contender to top the charts on Christmas Day having gained notable traction since the beginning of the week. We’ve therefore been forced to slash our odds for ‘Freezing this Christmas’ to be this year’s Christmas number one, now trading at 12/1 from 20/1 on Wednesday.
“Wham! remain the firm favourites at 1/16, but with tabloids increasingly picking up on the BBC’s refusal to play the song, we may yet witness a Christmas miracle next week.”
Two Tier Kier spoke to the commons committee today, unrepentant noting he wouldn’t change anything he’s done since coming PM. The voting public it seems however appear to be regretting voting for Labour. which let’s be honest won due to the Tories being so bad – not because Keir and co were offering anything good.
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Wham!
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1/16
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Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers
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12/1
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Gracie Abrams
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33/1
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Mariah Carey
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33/1
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BAR
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40/1
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