It is time for the local constabulary to have a word in Morrissey's  shell-like.  Whilst it is true that he is all mouth and trousers and utterly harmless, what he is saying is not unlikely to give succour to or even incite others to undertake criminal acts against individuals who are performing a lawful activity.

Jasper Gerard reports today in The Sunday Times that when attending Oxford in support of animal rights activists last week Morrissey said,

“Make no mistake, for anyone working in the labs, we are going to get you.”

This is wholly unacceptable.  Should any member of Joe Public threaten harm to another person, whether or not it was just hot air or a statement of intent, the Police would investigate.  Morrissey should not be exempt from the discipline of self-restraint merely because he is a has-been celebrity.  It is no excuse that all he intended to do was show solidarity with a handful of similar thinking individuals and in reality he doesn't intend to “get” anyone.  There are members of his wider audience, who do.[1]