In einem Brief an seinen Fanclub "True To You" wetterte Morrissey gegen die Olympiade in London und vergleicht die Stimmung im Land an einer Stelle gar mit Deutschland im Jahr 1939. In dem Brief heißt es: "Ich kann mir die Olympiade nicht anschauen, weil ich diesen dröhnenden Hurra-Patriotismus nicht ertrage, der überall mitschwingt. Hat England jemals so vor Patriotismus gestunken?"
Die Kritik gilt auch und vor allem den britischen Medien, die die Großartigkeit der Royals und des Landes unreflektiert hinausposaunen würden. Kritische Stimmen innerhalb der freien Presse seien nicht erwünscht. Die Passage, in der Morrissey England mit Deutschland im Jahr 1939 vergleicht, lautet im Wortlaut:
"As I recently drove through Greece I noticed repeated graffiti seemingly everywhere on every available wall. In large blue letters it said WAKE UP WAKE UP. It could almost have been written with the British
public in mind, because although the spirit of 1939 Germany now pervades throughout media-brand Britain, the 2013 grotesque inevitability of Lord and Lady Beckham (with Sir Jamie Horrible close at
heel) is, believe me, a fate worse than life. WAKE UP WAKE UP."
Es ist nichts Neues, das Morrissey gerne gegen England und auch die Queen wettert - und dabei gern über das Ziel hinausschießt. Hier der vollständige Brief im originalen Wortlaut:
"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, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press. It is lethal to witness. As London is suddenly promoted as a super-wealth brand, the England outside London shivers beneath cutbacks, tight circumstances and economic disasters. Meanwhile the British media present 24-hour coverage of the 'dazzling royals,' laughing as they lavishly spend, as if such coverage is certain
to make British society feel fully whole. In 2012, the British public is evidently assumed to be undersized pigmies, scarcely able to formulate thought.
As I recently drove through Greece I noticed repeated graffiti seemingly everywhere on every available wall. In large blue letters it said WAKE UP WAKE UP. It could almost have been written with the British
public in mind, because although the spirit of 1939 Germany now pervades throughout media-brand Britain, the 2013 grotesque inevitability of Lord and Lady Beckham (with Sir Jamie Horrible close at
heel) is, believe me, a fate worse than life. WAKE UP WAKE UP."
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