Some witnesses described managers downplaying concerns, with one accused of being "insensitive at best and bullying at worst".

It comes as three lead bishops for safeguarding in the Church of England described the speech as "utterly insensitive" in a letter to some abuse survivors.

Bode quoted some of the jabs she had read online, from insensitive quips like “Stand up for yourself” to more “aggressive” and “very gross” comments suggesting that Nessarose “deserves her disability.”

Mr Harvey admitted sending them a letter in April 2017 which he now acknowledged was “crass, inappropriate… unthinking and insensitive”.

The song's most controversial and insensitive lyric, "Tonight thank God it's them instead of you", remains intact - but is immediately followed by the 2014 rewrite, "Tonight we’re reaching out and touching you."