They always had different lives and different views; they were always different people. I'm not deluded, I'm not saying that I expect them to be skipping through Altrincham arm in arm. It would just be nice for old friends to move away from the stilted, estranged, "don't even mention that name to me" kind of situation that it seems has existed for a few years. Who saw that Cheshire pub meet coming? No-one. The situation between them is not the way anyone would have wanted things to turn out, and Johnny has said that. I can also think of a few other people - Stephen Street, for example - who ended on a sour note with Moz and found, through strange circumstance, a chance to reconnect later. One look through Autobio and you will see that they've been "on and off" for decades, they have not burned bridges, and it goes far beyond politics. It wouldn't need either of them to move mountains, either - Johnny Marr lives a 5-minute drive from Beechmount.