Johnny Marr Comments On Morrissey’s Brexit Support

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With Johnny Marr revealing earlier this week, via an excerpt from his upcoming memoir, that a reunion of The Smiths almost happened in 2008, he has now said that Morrissey’s pro-Brexit opinions are another reason why the reunion is very unlikely to ever happen.

Marr revealed that he and Morrissey had met to speak about the possibility of a reunion eight years ago, but contact between the two was soon lost. As FACT reports, Marr appeared last night on Sky News and, when asked about the possibility of a reunion of the band, said that although he does not believe everything that is reported, if it is indeed true that Morrissey is pro-Brexit and a supporter of Nigel Farage, it would put a “slight drawback” on those plans.

Morrissey had called the UK’s decision to leave the EU “magnificent” in an interview last month, while also taking the opportunity to criticise mainstream British media’s coverage of the referendum which took place earlier this year.

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Fabric’s Closure & The Rise Of A New British Puritanism

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This past Tuesday evening Islington Council revoked the licence of Fabric nightclub, putting nearly 300 people out of work and ending an institution that has fostered so many musical careers as it brought millions together in the communal joy of the dancefloor. The police naming their surveillance operation inside the club Operation Lenor arguably suggests a gigantic stitch-up, just the latest in a long line of club closures that have blighted London in recent years

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Emma Watson has been hiding feminist books on the tube

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Were you paying attention on your commute this morning? Because while you were keeping your head down, avoiding all eye contact and generally wishing you were anywhere but on the Central line you might have missed something really special.

Harry Potter star Emma Watson has been sneaking around the tube network hiding copies of Maya Angelou’s novel ‘Mom & Me & Mom’.

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