Johnny Marr still hasnāt forgiven David Cameron, it seems, for his attempt to ingratiate himself with the indie-kids by saying The Smiths were his favourite band, back in 2010.
Johnny, the guitarist and songwriter of some of the most influential anti-Thatcherite songs of the 1980s, took to Twitter at the time, to say:
āDavid Cameron, stop saying that you like the Smiths. No you donāt. I forbid you to like it.ā

At least, David Cameron showed he was a good sport in such circumstances. During prime ministerās questions, he was put on the spot by Labour MP Kerry McCarthy who asked him: āThe Smiths are, of course, the archetypal student band. If he wins tomorrow nightās vote, what songs does he think the students will be listening to? Miserable Lie, I Donāt Owe You Anything or Heaven Knows Iām Miserable Now?ā
David Cameron proved he was a genuine fan of the band with his reply, āI expect that if I turned up, I probably wouldnāt get This Charming Man.ā
Six years on, talking to HuffPostUK for the publication of his new memoir āSet The Boy Freeā, Johnny said he hadnāt forgiven Cameron for his fan-boy stance. āNo, absolutely not.ā
Johnny is one of popās most renowned collaborators moving seamlessly from his time in The Smiths, to working with Electronic, Modest Mouse, Nile Rodgers and Girls Aloud.
Daveās been known to pick up a guitar himself on occasion, so any chance now of a new cross-party formation, to bury the hatchet?
āSorry, no.ā
Even though, since quitting the premiership back in May and more recently leaving his constituency role behind, DC now joins the ranks of the unemployed, just like those fans who found solace in songs like āThe Queen is Deadā back in the day?
āThereās unemployed and thereās unemployed,ā says Johnny.
Clearly, once a Smithā¦
Johnny Marrās autobiography āSet The Boy Freeā is released today, 3 November.