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Stop trying to sanitise ‘Fairytale of New York’

The BBC’s censorship of the Pogues’ Christmas classic is an act of cultural vandalism.

It’s that time of year again – there are wreaths on doors, stars on top of Christmas trees and renewed attempts to censor the Pogues’ ‘Fairytale of New York’. Last week, BBC Radio 2 announced that it would join the growing number of radio stations and music channels to censor the Christmas classic.

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