It’s rare that we get a chance to vote for our musical icons – not least when they’re running for elected office. But we might soon be getting our chance to vote for Morrissey – if you’re a Londoner, that is.

Long-time animal rights campaigner and former The Smiths frontman has announced that he’s considering entering the race to become Mayor of London for the Animal Welfare Party. Although he’s not officially entered the race yet (he’d need to collect 330 signatures of support by the end of the month), Morrissey’s stated that he’s “considering the contest very seriously”.

In an official statement, Morrissey said “there must be a governmental voice against the hellish and archaic social injustice allotted to animals in the United Kingdom simply because those animals do not speak English, otherwise millions of very caring citizens are greatly concerned about issues that no one is able to do anything about… the abattoir is the modern continuation of the Nazi concentration camp, and if you are a part of the milk-drinking population, then you condone systems of torture.”

Morrissey’s long been known for his outspoken, and at times controversial, views. While the Animal Welfare Party remains a fringe outfit in the UK – they don’t hold any seats at a local or national level – nonetheless their association with Morrissey will introduce them to a much wider international audience. In the spirit of political awareness, here’s what you could expect were Morrissey to be Mayor of London.

LONDON TO BE A MEAT-FREE ZONE

This is the biggie – obviously. Morrissey’s been campaigning for animal rights since second The Smiths studio album Meat is Murder. Aside from the pro-vegetarian title track, Morrissey also famously forbade the rest of his band mates from being photographed eating meat. So it’s safe to assume that, in his dreams, Morrissey would make London a meat-free zone (although, in practice given the limitations of the Mayor’s power, what this would probably mean is a ban on further fast-food restaurants opening up in the city and scrapping all non-veggie food from the Greater London Assembly building). Good if you're an animal lover – less good if, like me, you're partial to eating a 20 Chicken McNuggets Share Box on a Friday evening bus ride home after work.

HE MIGHT NOT BE IN FAVOUR OF MORE IMMIGRATION

You know when one of your idols says something that you really can’t get on board with? Like when The Spice Girls said they were Tories or Caitlyn Jenner turned out to be a massive Republican? Well, Morrissey has a chequered history when it comes to discussing immigration issues. In an interview with NME in 2007, Morrissey appeared to criticise immigration, saying “if you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you won't hear an English accent. You'll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent." Predictably, shit kicked off after this. Morrissey sued the publication for libel, claiming NME falsely portrayed him as a racist. They later settled out of court – NME apologised, and Morrissey made a donation to charity Love Music Hate Racism to prove, definitively, that he's not a racist. 

HE WON’T BE CLEANING FOR THE QUEEN

Safe to say, Morrissey’s not going to be getting his marigolds on and cleaning for the Queen anytime soon. Mostly, he hates the royal family for their persistent devotion to blood sports, which is fair enough. He also thinks they’re an anti-democratic imperialist throw-back which we should feel “embarrassed” to have in our day and age – and I can’t say I disagree with him.

THINGS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY FUCKING AWKWARD WITH DAVID CAMERON

Trigger warning: remember that whole “David Cameron allegedly fucked a pig” thing from last year? (Sorry to bring #Piggate all back, you’ve probably only just stopped having nightmares). Well, Morrissey was not okay with this, releasing a strongly worded statement calling for the Prime Minister to resign. Writing on his official fansite, Morrissey said, “if the allegations made by Lord Ashcroft are true, that Mr Cameron performed a sexual act on a dead pig while at Oxford University, then it shows a callousness and complete lack of empathy entirely unbefitting a man in his position, and he should resign.” So we probably won't be seeing any photo-ops with David Cameron and Morrissey soon. 

WE’RE DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO BE HOSTING THE OLYMPICS EVER AGAIN

Even if think the Olympics were a waste of money and the public funds could have been better spent being put towards affordable social housing or night buses that don’t always smell of vomit, Morrissey’s views on London hosting the 2012 games were still pretty out there. In a letter to his fan site, Morrissey wrote “I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event”, before going on to say that “although the spirit of 1939 Germany now pervades throughout media-brand Britain, the 2013 grotesque inevitability of Lord and Lady Beckham (with Sir Jamie Horrible close at heel) is, believe me, a fate worse than life. WAKE UP WAKE UP."

So there we have it. A London with Morrissey at the helm, with infinitely less fast-food outlets, world-class Olympians, and potentially, joy.