Are the books of Douglas Murray and Ayaan Hirsi Ali not licensed for distribution in the UK or something? For your theory to hold up, if Morrissey can’t get past the “ woke” gatekeepers, then nobody else should be able to.
Yes, they are widely available. Douglas Murray also regularly writes for the politically conservative and influential magazine The Spectator. He made a recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, which is one of the most popular podcasts in existence. It's so mainstream that Joe Rogan signed an exclusivity deal with Spotify to the tune of $250 million dollars.
It's worth noting that he currently lives in New York.
Ayaan Hirsi just isn't that well known in the UK any more (nor is Douglas Murray for that matter), although she did make a number of appearances on the BBC with her criticisms of Islam etc. Ask the average British person who she is and they'll have no idea. She's only popular on the fringes of the political right.
There are people in the UK who are openly more right-wing than Morrissey, and have publicly made statements that gashonthenail would consider statements that would be deemed "controversial" by the "establishment", the "woke", the "elites", and yet these people enjoy or have enjoyed successful careers, in and outside of politics.
It's got nothing to do with BoT being "controversial", because it really isn't, as much as people pretend it is. Millions of people were rightly angry over the Manchester terrorist attack, regardless of their political leanings. It's just shit music from a man who is way past his best and has no real relevance any more. I understand it's much easier to conjure conspiracy theories than admit that our favourite singer just isn't that good any more, but that's the way it is. If Morrissey wants to get airplay he just needs to write songs that people will actually listen to and buy (e.g. Spent the Day in Bed, a nice poppy track, got airplay on British radio).
He doesn't even need to be that pleasant. Liam Gallagher is widely known as a bit of a dickhead, yet thousands upon thousands of people go see him play live music with absolutely no qualms and no one cares. In the 1970s Eric Clapton said to a concert audience that England had "become overcrowded" and that they should vote for Enoch Powell to stop Britain from becoming "a black colony". He also told the audience that Britain should "get the foreigners out, get the wogs out, get the coons out", and then he repeatedly shouted the National Front slogan "Keep Britain White". And yet, Eric Clapton did a UK tour this year, playing at large venues, including the Co-op Arena in Manchester, because people actually want to listen to his music.
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