Stock response

Let's get this straight. As countless incidents have underlined (most recently his decision to wear a For Britain pin badge), Morrissey is a horrible old bigot these days, far more likely to wave a flag for the far right than a bunch of gladioli. And it's the prerogative of Spillers owner Ashli Todd to decide what she does and doesn't stock, and to have her own reasons for doing so.

The (non-)story was picked up by Wales Online and has now gone national with the Guardian - all of which has resulted in a torrent of criticism and abuse on social media directed at someone who has done and continues to do more than most for Cardiff's music scene and the independent record store sector in general. Perhaps explicitly mentioning her decision online (rather than just quietly implementing it) was a mistake, because it's helped attract the negative attention - but she's perfectly entitled to make the decision and doesn't deserve the flak that has been coming her way.

Of those who actually collaborated with Moz on his new covers album California Son, only Broken Social Scene's Ariel Engle has spoken out: "I feel like I've been had, but it's my fault". Nothing from the likes of Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong or Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste.

Meanwhile, Interpol apparently have no qualms with supporting him on a US tour in September and October. Peter Katsis, who currently manages Moz and has also worked with Interpol, has argued: "I manage his artistic career and sometimes I have to deal with the things he says, but it's not for me to comment". There you have it - some people just don't care who they work with.