Radio One ban “faggot”

Radio One have banned the word ‘faggot’ from the airwaves, including the reference used in ‘Fairytale of New York’ by the Pogues & Kirsty McGowan.

This ditty has been blaring out in shopping centres, pubs and bars and has there been great uproar from the gay community? No. Surely the context of words such as these is what counts?

I’m now playing, and singing along very loudly to (with my apologies to Bearwood), the original version.