Former Clash manager Bernie Rhodes caused a bit of a walk out when he appeared at Clash Culture, an event for arts students organised by The Look, on Wednesday. Many in the audience, which included ex-Sex Pistol Glen Matlock and former Clash roadie Sebastian Conran, were seemingly outraged when Rhodes opened his mouth to utter the immortal words: "If you want to sort out crime in London, sort out the niggers in Peckham".
Rhodes clearly had no intention of watching his mouth. He'd earlier criticised Julien Temple's new biopic of Clash frontman Joe Strummer as "crap", adding that it was "a film made by a public school boy about another public school boy. They've turned Joe into a hippie because they want another John Lennon".
Anyway, it seems Rhodes' use of the nigger word brought an abrupt end to the proceedings. As well it might.