The  has announced it will not play "" in its entirety on today's . The song has become the third most downloaded single of the week, following the death of former Prime Minister . The song is featured in the 1939 film . BBC Director-General stated that although he believed the song was "distasteful and inappropriate", an outright ban would breach the principle of  .  MP , Chairman of the welcomed the BBC's decision, acknowledging "this was always going to be a very difficult decision for the BBC [...] I don't think it would have been right to have allowed the chart show to have been hijacked for political purposes and had they played the whole song that would have been the consequence. But on the other hand they couldn't have just ignored the fact that it does feature amongst the most downloaded singles of the week."
The BBC has announced it will not play "" in its entirety on today's . The song has become the third most downloaded single of the week, following the death of former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher . The song is featured in the 1939 film . BBC Director-General stated that although he believed the song was "distasteful and inappropriate", an outright ban would breach the principle of free speech . Conservative MP , Chairman of the welcomed the BBC's decision, acknowledging "this was always going to be a very difficult decision for the BBC [...] I don't think it would have been right to have allowed the chart show to have been hijacked for political purposes and had they played the whole song that would have been the consequence. But on the other hand they couldn't have just ignored the fact that it does feature amongst the most downloaded singles of the week."
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United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
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