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[raven]

Originally Posted by sculptureofabloke

Suppose the difference there is when this comedian or that struts around a stage talking about the ridiculousness of this policy or that it's primarily a joke. When you're interviewed by Jeremy Paxman, on the other hand... Whether he meant what he was saying at the time about not voting and he changed his mind when he came out in support of Ed Miliband, or whether he never meant what he was saying to Paxman and he just wanted a reaction, I don't know. Wouldn't surprise me either way. Course, if he had changed his mind.. woah, you can't change your mind, that's the biggest crime in Westminster politics. Never change your mind or say you're wrong. I'm presuming somewhere amidst Brand's ranting he mentioned corruption in politics. Did anyone have the nerve to say oh you're wrong, or did they just say oh you're a twat?

Course the attacks on Russell Brand were pretty extensive and the kind of attacks that wound me up most were the ones going on about how he hasn't got a clue what he's on about. Hang on, we've got a Chancellor without a clue about economics, we've got a Health Secretary without a clue about health care and so on, and so on, and so on... But that's acceptable. The sheer snobbery of Westminster sickens me to the core. It doesn't matter how often politicians are proven to be liars, how often or how abundantly clear their conflicts of interests are. It doesn't even matter how many professionals know better than politicians - they can tell us politics is everything then tell doctors, teachers, bloody comedians to keep out of politics. Nobody else has a right, except fucking scumbag politicians...

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016...-grandstanding

[Littlesue]

Could'nt agree more with Michael, these priviliged celeb luvvies lecturing us lesser folk, pain in the arse!!

[raven]

Originally Posted by Littlesue

Could'nt agree more with Michael, these priviliged celeb luvvies lecturing us lesser folk, pain in the arse!!

"He also writes for the Radio Times. A recent piece, headlined Michael Buerk takes on his toughest assignment yet, details Buerk’s luxurious experience while on a five-star cruise to Tahiti."

[junkymotown]

I still don't see the issue with the Cuba thing.
I mean shaking Fidel Castro's hand... It's not like they went to North Korea and did a Rodman. Cuba at least had plenty of good to balance the bad.

[Europa Gluten Free]

Originally Posted by junkymotown

I still don't see the issue with the Cuba thing.
I mean shaking Fidel Castro's hand... It's not like they went to North Korea and did a Rodman. Cuba at least had plenty of good to balance the bad.

"Folly" is a word they often use for the trip and to be honest it's a good word for the Cuba thing.

They got lost in the mythology of being in a (pseudo-political) band and saw it as some kind of artistic statement, when really no one gave a shit in the UK and thought it was just stupid.

They should have just concentrated on coming up with a better concept for the album if they didn't really know what to do with it (as Wire has mentioned before when talking about the 2 album idea) or just took time to accept their post-Richey success.