Woke Christmas! Song about ‘migrant’ Paddington Bear set to battle it out with Palestinian lullaby for festive No 1

Standby for a woke Christmas! A song about ‘migrant’ Paddington Bear is up against a Palestinian lullaby to raise money for Gaza in the battle for the festive No 1.

Now the BBC has been warned about promoting the songs after bosses quit over ‘anti-Trump bias’ and the row over showing ‘Death to the IDF’ rappers at Glastonbury.

‘With the BBC mired in a political bias scandal that cost bosses their jobs, the national broadcaster must think carefully about what it airs this Christmas,’ said Tory culture spokesman Nigel Huddleston. 

McFly’s Tom Fletcher has written early favourite One of Us, from Paddington the Musical, about the bear from Peru who made Britain his home.

A Tory source called the lyrics ‘a thinly veiled comparison’ to the 100,000 asylum seekers who came to Britain last year.

Fletcher sings: ‘If you want to make him leave here then before you do there’s something I should say, I can’t imagine tomorrow without him. If he’s looking for a family, then he’s already one of us.’

Fletcher gets a major boost in the race to top the charts when he performs in the quarter finals of BBC TV’s Strictly Come Dancing next Saturday.

But he’s up against an all-star reimagining of Palestinian lullaby Mama, Sing to the Wind, to be released on December 12 with money raised going to ‘vital life-saving support for Gaza’.

A song about ‘migrant’ Paddington Bear is up against a Palestinian lullaby to raise money for Gaza in the battle for the festive No 1

Brian Eno, Celeste, Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Dan Smith of Bastille and London Community Gospel Choir are all involved.

Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent, said: ‘Interest in the Christmas number one is being hijacked by campaigners who want to build the largest possible audience for their issue.

‘The BBC appears to be happy going along with turning Christmas into a celebration of its favourite political causes.’

Yet last year the BBC refused to play ‘Freezing this Christmas’, by Starmer the Granny Harmer, attacking the axing of fuel cash for pensioners. It was No 1 in download charts.

A BBC spokesman said: ‘We don’t have specific policies on tracks or ban any songs. Decisions on what we play are always made with the relevant audiences and context in mind.’