COXON HITS BACK AT CHARMLESS MAN HAINES

07|06|01Graham Coxon has hit back at Luke Haines's recent verbal attack on him, dismissing it as "very boring".

Last week, Haines slated the Blur guitarist for aligning himself with the Green Party in the run-up to today's (June 7) General Election.

He said: "I was saddened to see my fellow musician and neighbour Graham Coxon aligning himself with the Green Party - something about not being able to skateboard on the pavements of Camden", referring to previous NME.COM article in which Coxon's voting intentions were revealed. "Well Graham," he added, "if I want to be mown down by a man with the charisma of a sick pet in hot car, I'll let you know."

Now Coxon has criticised him for resorting to "Jerry Springer"-style tactics and taking his gripe to the press.

He told NME.COM: "What Luke Haines said is very boring, and it's very typical of this Jerry Springer kind of culture. That somebody would go to a national publication to have a dig at somebody who he sees about three times a week on the street. That's all I want to say about it."