I have read the article, and agree with everything it says, except for the criticisms of Morrissey.

I HOPE he isn't being patriotic/nationalistic, because in a time where the BNP are gaining ground quite scarily, it would be very bad for someone of Mozza's position to fan the flames of racism.

I personally think in the song he is saying that he doesn't like the way Britain is now, and he wants to be happy in how the country is run. For example, he talks about how he wishes for a time when people are fed up of "Labour and Tories". This is quite an anti-establishment message.

Please just calm me down, and tell me that he was being 'Ironic' about the flag...

Hypocrisy at its most flagrant.

broken

I don't think this article was necessarily an "attack" on Morrissey. It asks questions yes, but provides relevant reasons for asking those questions. Morrissey is controversial, and when one is controversial, we should expect questions to be asked. I think the article was actually quite good, and not really an attack but more of a complaint that Morrissey doesn't explain himself (and his views) more adequately. But then where's the fun in that?!

"The Cathholic Church inists that catholic kids should not be allowed to mix with kids of other religious backgrounds - one of the major issues that fuels the secterian bile that blights Glasgow"

Sectarian schooling in Glasgow indeed does not help to integrate all sections of society, but the notion of the Catholic Church, as you put it "inist(ing) that Catholic kids should not be allowed to mix with kids of other religious backgrounds", is at least 50 years out of date, if not 100.

This is equally ignorant as anything in the Herald article.

Divisions are created by such statements as the Catholic church keeping kids apart becasue of religion...do your research before making sweeping generalisations.

Deity - you are bananas!

Whatever anyone thinks of The Sunday Herald review of the album, let's put a few things straight.

Glasgow is not Belfast circa 1972! There is a sectarian divide yes, but this is just territorial nonsense, and mostly revolves around football (Rangers being protestant, Celtic being catholic). The idea that the city's media is in the grip of some catholic conspiracy is just laughable but it's alarming that your outrageous views should enter your post. Have a gripe about them slagging Morrissey if you want by all means, that's a separate issue, but your scaremongering and alarmist language is quite offensive and totally uncalled for. Scotland is a different country to England and devolution/identity has always been a big political issue so it's understandable that somebody sooner or later would criticise Morrissey's patriotism (the MOJO interview raised similar issues in discussing Irish and Scottish national identity). A lot of Scottish people are uncomfortable with the union jack because of the history of bloodshed/genocide that dates back hundreds of years, so it's a fair topic of discussion. A lot of Scottish Morrissey fans won't identify with his identification with the union jack.

The Herald is a very liberal paper and probably the most intelligent of the Scottish broadsheets. 'Anti-British' it ain't!

Oh change the record please! What a complete waste of newsprint. How, will someone tell me, (which I'm sure someone will) did that make it to press as a "review" of yatq? Or was it just a well timed dig at Morrissey to try to offset his current high profile?

I don't understand the criticism of this article - very interesting and doesn't criticise Moz as far as I could see.

I fail to see where the article is anti-British. I thought it was a well written piece, if admittedly ploughing over some old ground.

I won't comment on any of this political/religious rubbish. However, the picture they chose of Morrissey should be highly criticised by all.

Terry

'Moz Attacked in Glasgow' - Here was me thinking Moz had been pysically attacked in Scotland.

Anyway, so the Catholic Church is now being blamed for a bad Moz review? and the conspiracy goes all the way up to the Pope, no less...

Soct's - Cathloic, Protestant, Muslim or Jew don't want to hear your sad little bigatory.

I found the article to be a very out of date attack on Moz for a single line in his latest single which was largely just stating that his use of the flag doesn't make him a racist...

I have never seen how any connections made concerning the BNP and Morrissey have any relevance whatsoever.

Deity's other comments however are rather curious, especially odd considering that the newspaper in question used to have a Secterian employment policy and didn't even employ Catholics until the 1970's. He sounds to me to be quite the unhinged conspiracy theorist with his head stuck in a pre-70's unenlightened Glasgow which thankfully now only exists in the darkest reaches of its society.

The Herald the mouthpiece of the Catholic Church? Diety the mouthpiece of outmoded Glasgow bigotry. Bet you hated the reference to Moz's "Irish Blood" eh?

And I'm not even a Catholic...