BBC & the Thatcher Hate song Ding Dong the Witch is Dead

The BBC is coming under increasing pressure to say whether it will play a song pushed into the charts by people celebrating the death of Margaret Thatcher. Corporation bosses say they have not yet decided whether to play Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead if anti-Thatcher protesters manage to get the song into Sunday's singles chart. But they insisted the charts were a "historical and factual" account of what music was being bought. The Wizard of Oz track, sung by Judy Garland, is on course for a top five place after selling 20,000 copies since her death on Monday.