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Shut Up Morrissey – We Dig It

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19 April 2018

By Alex Khalil

Every time this veritable pile of manure opens his mouth, the reaction Morrissey normally gets is a loud, resounding ‘shut up’. In a recent interview he had such tidbits as Mayor Sadiq Khan can’t talk properly and Brexit ‘did not happen’. Oh boy.

Manchester-based Verity Longley decided to greet these comments and outrage with a solution. A handbag with a simple solution, reading the message ‘Shut Up, Morrissey’.

She originally designed the bags in 2016, after she heard The Smiths being played loudly from a festival near her house. She began selling them in 2017, donating the proceeds to the Manchester victims fund, for those affected by the bombing of an Ariana Grande concert last year.

She stated it was quite a lot of work, managing only a few dozens in a week, but the recent comments have made her reconsider. In his recent interview, he expressed his support for a right-wing political party For Britain. Morrissey also discussed the ‘modern looney left’ and criticised Sadiq Khan for his pronunciation.

Ms Longley was alerted by Twitter users, asking if they could see a return of the prolific bags:

‘As soon as he has an interview, I get messages, and yesterday I had quite a lot of messages. And I went, you know what, why not? I couldn’t believe what he said yesterday. Like all the stuff he said about the way Sadiq Khan speaks. That’s the way I speak! It’s just British.’

Heck, I’d buy one.

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