BBC to play "distasteful" witch song clip after Thatcher's death

By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public broadcaster has refused to ban the song "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" after anti-Margaret Thatcher campaigners sent it soaring into the charts following the death of the former prime minister. The BBC said it would only play a clip of the 74-year-old song as part of a "news item" on its weekly Radio 1 chart show after the campaign pushed it into the UK top 10 list to "celebrate" Thatcher's death. The BBC, politicians of all stripes and some members of the public called the song campaign "distasteful". ...

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