Morrissey condemns ‘blustering jingoism’

FORMER SMITHS singer Morrissey has condemned the London 2012 Olympics as “blustering jingoism”, comparing the public reaction to Britain’s medal victories to emotions in Nazi Germany in 1939 on the eve of the second World War.

Often controversial, the singer posted a letter on his website declaring: “I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? “The ‘dazzling royals’ have, quite naturally, hijacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press. It is lethal to witness,” said the Manchester-born singer.

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Hmmm… I wonder how he feels about Fox News.