It's nice to see a Morrissey fan who doesn't feel the need to be a practicing cult member by trying to recreate every aspect of the Morrissey mythology in their daily lives.

They're from all walks of life, and meaningful artists make that extension.

Ultimately, it comes down to the music.

such a jerk.

because they stopped Cameron from having his picture taken outside the Salford Lads Club.
Did they think that picture was going to make the difference in world economics for the next century or what?
What it might have done is get the Lads club on a lot of newspapers and PCs and therefore helped with their appeal.

...recently vowed to get tough on the jobless. What a cunt. He should listen to 'You've Got Everything Now' a few more times.

i hate this cunt.

David Cameron is an idiot. A simpering, say-anything, dough-faced, preposterous waddling idiot with a feeble, insincere voice and an irritating tendency to squat near the top of opinion polls. I don't like him. And I've got a terrible feeling he'll be prime minister one day. Brrr.
In summary, then: he is an idiot. But you knew that anyway. In fact the only reason I have written this is because it is going to be printed in a newspaper, which means his advisers will have to photocopy it and include it in some official internal press file, where it will sit alongside all the unnecessarily positive coverage he has generated for himself. It gives me a pathetic, childish, self-indulgent thrill, and in today's world of cookie-cutter choicelessness, that's as good as it gets. So nyahh nyahh, Dave, you fair-weather, upper-crust guff-cloud. Nyahh nyahh.
Charlie Brooker.

I find Cameron quite a sleazy character to be honest, but regardless of that I dread the stream of replies which will surely follow denouncing him purely for being a tory. The fact is people can follow a musician regardless of their politicial views, and as many of the current tory generation experienced their late teenage years during the 80s it's no surprise some of them are morrissey/smiths fans, regardless of political affiliation.

Just as most of us are not vegetarians, we should not expect every moz fan to be a liberal. The reality is our man is loved by many people, from every political affiliation and every race, and we should all accept that.

Do you have any that you would donate to the SLC for auction, or indeed anything that could be auctioned to raise money for the club?

You are probably aware of their appeal to raise £1,000,000 to secure the long term future of this unique building and continue to provide activities for local young people and the community.

The SLC has became a Mecca to Smiths fans from South Korea, Brazil, Serbia, the Dominican Republic and almost 50 other countries, and counting. In one weekend in 2005, around 500 Smiths fans visited. Many of whom visit because of The Smiths connection. They make the pilgrimage to pose for pictures under the famous club sign at its archway entrance. They want to see with their own eyes and touch the redbrick, beautiful, Edwardian building.

They go to have their photo taken behind that iconic backdrop then generally leave really impressed. They soon discover that is isn't just the building that is full of character. Often their story is of how they were welcomed into the club by a volunteer and given a tour of the club and told the fascinating history of the club. How it was opened in 1904 by Lord Baden Powell or that The Hollies practised there in the 60's, for example. The fact it is on the corner of the real Coronation Street! The original Rovers Return pub was off the end of Coronation Street on Gloucester Street; named The Amalgamated Inn, it was demolished in 1971.

The volunteers much like the architect, Henry Lord, who also designed the University of Salford's Peel Building and the Working Class History building (formerly the home of the Salford Royal Hospital nurses) deserve all the recognition they get. They deserve much more for the invaluable work they do for and in their community. The staff and members have striven to deliver meaningful and character-building activities, which enhance the lives of all involved and to those who live in the immediate area. Many of the children from the area also greet visitors and demonstrate how much character they have!

The club is an asset it is to the local community, who clearly show the club a great deal of respect. In return it teachers respect and good manners to all. It has brightened the lives and made good citizens of thousands of lads, and nowadays lassies too. Some have become famous, including actor Albert Finney, Peter Hook of New order, as well as seventeen professional footballers. All are better for having sampled life through The SLC. To them it is a living, breathing, building. It is a piece of them and their life.

For many the Salford Lads' Club is a symbol of working-class endeavour. The area has changed radically over the last three decades. Ordsall itself was the original docks estate where A Taste of Honey was set. The social decline and poverty that has affected this once thriving community is startling and yet the SLC remains standing proud and elegant, as it serves the community, it is a reminder of past eras and shouts 'be proud of your history.' In this era, it now open to boys and girls. Around 200 children use the club each week and participate in sports. Each year, the club go on an annual camp, a tradition that has gone on since 1904. Forty kids went in May 2007.

This building is now part of English history, present and future. If it remains open. Otherwise the Ordsall's community would not be the only ones to loose out. Smiths apostles would need to visit the national portrait gallery in London to see Stephen Wright's photo for a reminder of the past. Ordsall's ordeal would be ours too. Our icon would become a memory like The Hacienda or the Factory at the Russell club. Neither of them lasted over 100 years.

For the club to continue, it requires funds. Money has been raised through various events by young club members, volunteers and Smiths fans. Smiths fans have also, along with The secret Millionaire and Morrissey himself donated money. The club continue to look for ways to raise money. I'm sure Smiths apostles will too.

Coming soon is the Smiths SLC auction. Do

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Jukebox Jury unburied this for us - http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1031 654_cameron_joins_the_club
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Before the Club, Cameron had dropped by on Trafford Hospital, Davyhulme, where I believe Morrissey was born, and the NHS inaugerated?

Morrissey is for everyone.

The fact that David Cameron has endorsed Morrissey explicitly is interesting and amusing.

Given that the average Tory reading his words will be baffled, remembering Morrissey's incendiary comments on the Brighton Bomb / assassination plot against their Dear Leaderene Thatcher.

He's definitely not staying 'on message' on this topic, so I have to, reluctantly, give him some kudos for independent thought. And, of course: Impeccable taste!

Did anyone ask him for a contribution to the restoration appeal? He could certainly use his influence to persuade some rich associates to cough up a few quids.

Kind regards.

is a bloated, fat pig in a suit.

A simple visit by a centre-right Tory and it kicks off a mud-slinging contest here on Morrissey-Solo.com. This site is a forum about an entertainer: Not the place to discuss politics in depth, IMO.

There are complex reasons and historical contexts whereby radically different ideas about the contract between Citizen and State evolved in Britain, Europe and The United States Of America.

For any Americans seriously interested in understanding those differences, I'd recommend a British writer, Will Hutton, and two books he wrote:

'The State We're In' about Great Britain, and 'The World We're In' which compared our situation to Europe and The United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hutton

For any Brits seriously interested in American culture and politics, just follow any of the links on the following sites:

http://www.drudgereport.com/
[follow commentator links after news items]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

and I site I've just started looking at:

http://www.rawstory.com/

There's plenty more resources out there. What a wonderful thing this Inteweb is!

There's absoloutely no way he could ever, ever EVER do a worse job than Blair & Brown.
Plus just maybe, he might stick a big 'No Vacancy' sign up at Warsaw airport.