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The world's oldest record store Spillers Records in Cardiff has banned Morrissey records from its store.

The shop, in Morgan Arcade, is refusing to stock the singer's releases because of his continued support for the far-right.

The latest controversy surrounding the singer erupted earlier this month following an appearance on US talk show, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon .

Performing his cover of Jobriath’s Morning Starship, he wore a pin badge featuring the logo of For Britain, the far-right UK political party founded by anti-Islam activist Anne Marie Waters.

He has also come under fire for wearing the pin at a recent run of concerts in New York.

The former frontman of The Smiths has become a hugely divisive figure in recent years for his political views - which saw him speak out in support of former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson.

This week, 60-year-old Morrissey releases his new album California Son – his 12th studio LP and his first-ever covers collection.

The 12 track album features the English singer's version of songs by Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison and includes a guest appearance from Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.

However, one place you won't be able to buy the album is Cardiff's much loved independent record shop Spillers.

Ashli Todd, the owner of Spillers said: "I'm saddened but ultimately not surprised that Spillers is unable to stock Morrissey’s releases any longer. I only wished I’d done it sooner.”

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Morrissey's support for For Britain first emerged in a 2018 interview on blogging site Tremr , when he said: “I have been following a new party called For Britain which is led by Anne Marie Waters.

“It is the first time in my life that I will vote for a political party. Finally I have hope. I find the Tory-Labour-Tory-Labour constant switching to be pointless.

"For Britain has received no media support and have even been dismissed with the usual childish ‘racist’ accusation.

"I don't think the word ‘racist’ has any meaning any more, other than to say ‘you don’t agree with me, so you’re a racist.’ People can be utterly, utterly stupid.”

Morrissey has courted controversy plenty of times in the past.

In a 2010 interview with The Guardian, while discussing animal cruelty in China, he was quoted as saying "You can't help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies."

In 2011, he was widely reported as telling a crowd in Warsaw that the Norway massacre where 77 people were murdered was nothing compared to what happens in McDonalds.

In the past the singer has also spoken out in support of former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson and expressed admiration for former UKIP leader Nigel Farage.

And this month he has drawn fresh criticism for publicly supporting right-wing politician Anne Marie Waters.

The For Britain leader, who formed the party after she was defeated in the 2017 UKIP leadership election, has thanked Morrissey for his support on the party's website.

Addressing Morrissey in a YouTube post, she said: "I can tell you that the traffic to our website exploded with the story breaking of you wearing the For Britain button badge, which you have been wearing everywhere from what I can see.

"We have sold out of those, but the good news is we have more, and they have been selling like hot cakes, so thank you very much for doing that."

“Thank you so much for your support since the UKIP leadership election,” she said. “Thank you for giving us so much publicity.

“I can tell you that the traffic to our website exploded with the story breaking of you wearing the For Britain button badge, which you have been wearing everywhere from what I can see."

One person who is not impressed with Morrissey is his former Smiths bandmate Johnny Marr.

Last year, Marr told the NME he and Morrissey were not friends anymore.

He said: "All anyone needs to know is that I oppose those views from Morrissey or anybody else.”

We have contacted Morrissey's PR for a comment.