'Outside of some radical street protestors it is only in cringing corporations like the BBC that anyone could honestly fail to understand the spirit in which these songs are sung or the deep, decent wells on which they draw,' writes DouglasKMurray
It is that time of year again. When the BBC tries to wrench away my last remaining justification for its funding.
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