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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...
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http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016...-grandstanding
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15-03-2016, 20:44
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