Hot on the heels of his biography, Manchester’s Stephen Patrick Morrissey has launched a tirade against against everything from the monarchy to Sarah Palin via David Cameron, PJ Harvey and David Beckham.
Writing two thousand words on his fanzine True to You, Morrissey began by a condemnation of all public figures who condone hunting, starting with US TV presenter Melissa Bachman’s recent killing of a lion.The dedicated vegetarian said he was left “tearful” by the image of Bachman standing over a dead male lion in South Africa.
“Has Melissa Bachman considered hunting without a shotgun? We might then be impressed if she manages to bring a lion down.” he said before turning his ire on Princess Anne, who recently spoke in favour of horsemeat consumption last week, lamenting the “crassness and international duncery of the British so-called ‘royal family”, Pippa Middleton,
“The sick face of modern Britain, Pippa Middleton will kill deer, boar, birds – any animal struggling to live, or that gets in her socialite way,” and David Cameron who he said “shoots stag whenever he feels a bit bored”.
In the Queen’s Honors List, awards have been bestowed upon musicians Bryan Ferry and PJ Harvey – both of whom allegedly support fox-hunting. There is not one single instance when an animal protectionist has found themselves knighted or applauded by the Queen. That animals are an essential part of our planet (that they are, in fact, the planet) and must be protected, is a shatterbrained concept to the British ‘royals’
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The singer stood up for the comedian Russell Brand who recently caused controversy after calling on us to abstain from voting in rebellion against the ‘broken political system’.
Nothing must interfere with the depressive psychosis of modern Britain, which has become a most violent and melancholic country, with no space for measured debate. Like Russell, I believe that the most powerful vote you can give is No Vote; for the days of Prime Ministers have gone, and it’s time for a form of change that is far more meaningful than simply switching blue to red
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He concluded his attack with an appraisal of the state of Modern Britain
“At what point did the dis-United Kingdom become a cabbagehead nation? Where is the rich intellect of debate? Where is our Maya Angelou, our James Baldwin, our Allen Ginsberg, our Anthony Burgess, our political and social reformers?At what point did the shatterbrained scatterbrains take over – with all leading British politicians suddenly looking like extras from Brideshead Revisited?.Although it is clear to assess the Addams Family of SW1X as the utterly useless and embarrassing ambassadors of a sinking England, how can we effect change without being tear-gassed? In the absence of democracy, there is no way.”
