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12 April 2013updated 26 Sep 2015 2:17pm

Ding Dong: a puerile joke has been turned into an act of defiance

I have five thoughts on the row about the BBC playing an anti-Thatcher song.

By Helen Lewis

Deep breath. I hold these truths to be self-evident:

1. Associating “Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead” with the death of Thatcher is crass. I won’t be buying the single. Calling a female politician a witch doesn’t particularly impress me, either.

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