BBC Bias, Free Speech & ‘Freezing This Christmas’ – Jon Gaunt Meets Chris Middleton
The Jon Gaunt Show
Jon Gaunt
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Broadcaster Jon Gaunt interviews Chris Middleton, the man behind the viral anti-Keir Starmer song “Freezing This Christmas” – a parody of Mud’s “Lonely This Christmas”.
The track became a political hit, helped drive a campaign to reverse winter fuel cuts… and got Chris sacked from BBC Newcastle.
In this explosive interview, Chris reveals: - Why he made the song and the reaction it sparked
How BBC bosses pushed political bias and silenced dissent - Insider stories from BBC Newcastle and BBC London - Why he believes the BBC has no place in modern broadcasting - The truth about coverage on migrant hotels, climate change, and right-wing demonstrations
Jon shares his own BBC London experience, where he says left-wing bias soared after 9/11 and 7/7. Together, they discuss freedom of speech, the chilling impact of the UK’s new Online Safety Act, and how the BBC, Ofcom, and the political establishment stifle independent journalism.
📌 Topics Covered: BBC bias, BBC scandal, Keir Starmer criticism, Freezing This Christmas, online safety act, free speech debate, UK politics, media censorship.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the John Gorn podcast, one of my extended interviews again today. |
| 0:05.2 | I'm talking to a guy called Chris Middleton. |
| 0:08.7 | You probably say, who the else he? |
| 0:10.2 | Well, I was like that myself. |
| 0:11.4 | But if I said to you, he's the guy who did the Mood song about Stama, then you know him straight away. |
| 0:17.3 | He's also now saying some really interesting things ever since you got the sack |
| 0:21.7 | or did he walkout of BBC Newcastle. And I think he's an interesting new voice in the whole |
| 0:28.7 | platform of independent broadcasters. And he's got a lot to say about BBC bias. A lot of what |
| 0:36.5 | I've been saying for many, many years and often felt like a |
| 0:39.9 | lone voice. So I'm delighted to say, welcome now to the John Gorn Show, Chris Middleton. Hello, Chris. |
| 0:47.9 | Hi, John. Thanks for having me. Anytime. Listen, tell me about, let's talk about the song first. |
| 0:53.7 | I thought it was great, mainly because |
| 0:55.5 | I loved mud when I was a kid. But where did you get the idea from to do a charity single? |
| 1:01.6 | Well, I actually got the idea originally on X. I saw just a random comment from someone basically |
| 1:06.8 | saying that we should, someone should do a Christmas single to raise money for the pensioners |
| 1:10.7 | because they're going to be cold this Christmas because the government is cutting the winter fuel |
| 1:14.0 | allowance. Let's raise some money for pensioners. And funnily enough, lonely this Christmas by |
| 1:19.3 | mud has always been my favourite Christmas song. Everyone thinks that's a bit weird because it's |
| 1:24.0 | kind of a depressing song, but I always just enjoyed singing the chorus like |
| 1:28.1 | I always found it really really fun so that I love all of the bass player Rob who had the |
| 1:32.8 | flares I always say and the flares got bigger and bigger and bigger until eventually he was wearing a |
| 1:37.5 | dress and we all think we didn't realize and of course he became carlie minogue's producer so |
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