British rockstar Morrissey criticised for comment on Manchester terrorist attack

A BRITISH rock star has copped backlash for a Facebook rant that suggests politicians hide in a “bulletproof bubble”.

A BRITISH rock star has copped backlash for a Facebook rant that suggests politicians hide in a “bulletproof bubble”.

The singer-songwriter Morrissey, the frontman of Manchester band The Smiths, launched his social media tirade in relation to the terrorist attack at Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, which killed 22 people and injured 59 others.

In the post, Morrissey unleashed on British Prime Minister Theresa May, London’s mayor Sadiq Khan and even the Queen.

“Theresa May says such attacks ‘will not break us’, but her own life is lived in a bulletproof bubble, and she evidently does not need to identify any young people today in Manchester morgues. Also, ‘will not break us’ means that the tragedy will not break her, or her policies on immigrations,” Morrissey said.

“The young people of Manchester are already broken — thanks all the same, Theresa.

“Sadiq Khan says ‘London is united with Manchester’, but he does not condemn Islamic State — who have claimed responsibility for the bomb.

“The Queen receives absurd praise for the ‘strong words’ against the attack, yet she does not cancel today’s garden party at Buckingham Palace — for which no criticism is allowed in the Britain of free press.”

Morrissey then goes on to criticise Manchester mayor Andy Burnham for claiming the attack was the work of an extremist.

“An extreme what? An extreme rabbit? In modern Britain everyone seems petrified to officially say what we all say in private,” he said.

“Politicians tell us they are unafraid, but they are never the victims. How easy to be unafraid when one is protected from the line of fire. The people have no such protections.”

His rant attacking the politicians backfired on the rock singer with his followers reminding him about the tragic death of Jo Cox, the British Labour Party politician who was murdered by Thomas Mair in June last year. The politician was targeted for defending the European Union and immigration.

Murdered Labor MP Jo Cox.

In response to Morrissey suggesting politicians were never victims, one of his followers replied: “He seems to have missed the murder of Jo Cox. Perhaps she didn’t feature in his bubble?”.

Another slammed him saying “What about Jo Cox, Morrissey? She was a politician and paid with her life”, while another said “Joe Cox wasn’t ‘protected from the line of fire’, was she, Morrissey?”

His followers also pointed out the British Parliament was the target of an attack in March.

Five people were killed and 40 injured in London when a man drove a car across Westminster Bridge, mowing down pedestrians before storming a security checkpoint outside the UK Houses of Parliament and stabbed a police officer.

Before the attacker reached Parliament, at least 20 people were injured when they were mowed down by the car on a nearby bridge. One Facebook user accused Morrissey of being a xenophobe and said “Your hate is not allowed. Using the deaths of others to promote xenophobia is not welcome. I reject your anti-immigration and hate”.

Singer Morrissey criticised for Manchester comments. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Controversial British media personality Milo Yiannopoulos supported Morrissey’s view with a simple comment: “Amen”.

He caused outrage himself for criticising singer Ariana Grande for being “pro-Islam”.

According to The Telegraph, he said: “Sadly, Ariana Grande is too stupid to wise up and warn her European fans about the real threats to their freedom and their lives.”

“She will remain ferociously pro-immigrant, pro-Islam and anti-America. Makes you wonder whether they bombed to attack her or in solidarity,” Yiannopoulos said.

Many slammed the conservative Yiannopoulos, with some telling him to “take a chill pill”.

“She’s an entertainer and she entertains children,” Gary Buckman wrote.

“Take a chill pill and post about the lives lost as opposed to assigning blame to the poor girl.”

Controversial right-wing speaker Milo Yiannopoulos