In a letter to members of his True To You fanclub, Morrissey bashed the ‘blustering jingoism’ of the 2012 London Olympic Games and compared present-day Britain to Nazi Germany, writing, “The spirit of 1939 Germany now pervades throughout media-brand Britain.” Full text of the letter follows below.
I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The ‘dazzling royals’ have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press. It is lethal to witness. As London is suddenly promoted as a super-wealth brand, the England outside London shivers beneath cutbacks, tight circumstances and economic disasters. Meanwhile the British media present 24-hour coverage of the ‘dazzling royals,’ laughing as they lavishly spend, as if such coverage is certain to make British society feel fully whole. In 2012, the British public is evidently assumed to be undersized pigmies, scarcely able to formulate thought.
As I recently drove through Greece I noticed repeated graffiti seemingly everywhere on every available wall. In large blue letters it said WAKE UP WAKE UP. It could almost have been written with the British public in mind, because although the spirit of 1939 Germany now pervades throughout media-brand Britain, the 2013 grotesque inevitability of Lord and Lady Beckham (with Sir Jamie Horrible close at heel) is, believe me, a fate worse than life. WAKE UP WAKE UP.
I agree, but not for his sick reason. Rather, Britain’s actions in building a wall in the middle of a training room so Moslems would not be polluted by looking at Jews, and the “asterisks” on the details regardign Israel at the Olympic website, remind one of how the world cast a blind eye to Nazi Germany’s Olympics propaganda.
The spirit of Neville Chaimberlin is alvie and well, on both sides of the pond.
From the man who brought you songs such as “Hairdresser on fire” and “Girlfriend in a coma” comes sharp political analysis about the state of the United Kingdom. Not since Pat Buchanan weighed in on the history of Israel have I been compelled to care less.
“empirical needs”? Perhaps, he should go back to school.
I have always been a big fan of Morrissey’s music, both as a solo artist and with The Smiths.
His political opinions? Not so much.