[kj] OT: Morrissey says he won't live in England; too many immigrants

[Alexander Smith]

Honestly, should *ANYone* care what old Mozz has to say in 2007?

Alex in NYC



On Nov 29, 2007, at 7:00 PM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


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> Morrissey 'refuses to live in the UK because of immigration explosion'

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> By JAMES SLACK -

> The pop singer Morrissey claims he can no longer live in a Britain  

> he believes lost to an "immigration explosion".

>

> The former frontman of the Smiths, who is now based in Rome, claimed  

> England was just 'a memory now'.

>

> The 48-year-old added: "Other countries have held on to their basic  

> identity yet it seems to me that England was thrown away.

>

> "The change in England is so rapid compared to the change in any  

> other country.

>

> "If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you  

> won't hear an English accent.

>

> "You'll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent.

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> "The British identity is very attractive, I grew up into it and I  

> find it quaint and very amusing."

>

> Morrissey, who has sung of his love for English culture and can  

> count Tory leader David Cameron as a fan, is the son of an Irish  

> immigrant family which settled in Manchester.

>

> In 1986, when The Smiths released their critically-acclaime

>

> d album The Queen is Dead, the UK had a population of 56million.

>

> It now stands at 60million and some predict that could almost double  

> by 2081.

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> Morrissey's comments were made in interviews with the music magazine  

> NME.

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> In the mid-1990s he was accused of racism after wearing a Union Jack  

> on stage and releasing the songs Bengali in Platforms and the  

> ironically-named National Front Disco.

>

> The singer's supporters insisted he had been seeking only to reclaim  

> the flag from extremists.

>

> Tim Jonze, the reporter who conducted the interview, said:  

> "Morrissey has had a stormy relationship with this magazine and its  

> readers over the last three decades.

>

> "He might once have been the voice of a generation but given his  

> comments in these two interviews, he's certainly not speaking for us  

> now."

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