Record shop bans Morrissey's albums over far-right support
Cardiff-based store Spillers, billed as ‘the oldest record shop in the world’, will no longer sell the artist’s music
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Your support makes all the difference.A record shop has announced it will no longer stock Morrissey‘s music, due to his support for a far-right political party.
Ashli Todd, who owns the Cardiff-based store Spillers, billed as “the oldest record shop in the world”, told Wales Online: “I’m saddened but ultimately not surprised that Spillers is unable to stock Morrissey’s releases any longer. I only wished I’d done it sooner.”
This week, Anne Marie Waters, a notorious anti-Islam campaigner and the leader of the far-right party For Britain, thanked Morrissey after he was seen wearing a badge supporting the group in public.
Waters posted a video claiming the badges had “sold out” after the images of Morrissey emerged, adding: “Thank you so much for your support since the Ukip leadership election. Thank you for giving us so much publicity.”
He was seen wearing the badge during his New York residency, as well as during a performance on the Tonight Show.
Morrissey previously expressed support for the party last year, claiming it was the first time in his life that he felt inclined to vote for a political party.
“For Britain has received no media support and have even been dismissed with the usual childish ‘racist’ accusation,” he said in an interview with fan Fiona Dodwell. “I don’t think the word ‘racist’ has any meaning any more, other than to say ‘you don’t agree with me, so you’re a racist.’ People can be utterly, utterly stupid.”
Nigel Farage, former Ukip leader and current leader of the Brexit Party, once reportedly described Waters’ supporters as “Nazis and racists”.
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