As David Cameron and Kerry McCarthy traded Smiths-inspired insults in the House of Commons this week,we ask: why halt there? It turns out Morrissey has a line for every manner of political crisisWe’ve approach a long way since 1978. That was the year then prime minister James Callaghan, daringly dropped a pop culture reference into his speech to the Trades Union Congress, and addressing rumours he would be calling a general election.“Remember what happened to Marie Lloyd,” the prime minister told his audience. “She fixed the day and the date, and she told us what happened. As far as I remember it went like this: ‘There was I, and waiting at the church.’ Perhaps you recall how it went on. All at once he sent me round a note. Here’s the very note. This is what he wrote: “Can’t gather away to marry you today,my wife won’t let me.”’ Now let me just develop clear that I have promised nobody that I shall be at the altar in October. Nobody at all.” Related: The Smiths: 10 of the best Related: Gove's thunderbolt and Boris's breaking point: a shocking Tory morning Continue reading...
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