Russell Brand: rendered speechless by audience member on Question Time
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If anyone here is missing Panto this Christmas, don't worry. The trainwreck that was Question Time last night has got you covered! Dramatis personae include: Swivel eyed horse faced motherfucker Nigel Farage (MEP, unfortunately), The so-called Revolutionary 'lol I don't vote' Russell Brand, Labour MP Mary Creagh, Conservative MP Penny Mourdant, Sunday Times columnist Camillia Cavendish. Yes, three women on a panel, I'm shocked too.
The clip above shows an audience member challenging Russell Brand to stand for parliament, after accusing the latter of useless preaching following an attack on the distribution of wealth in Britain.
Russell replied, and the conversation that followed must have sent half of the UK into a concussion due to the amount of heavy facepalming:
"I don’t like people preaching that I am in any part responsible for anything. I’ve never heard him [Nigel Farage] criticise the disabled, OK, never, and you are a campaigner, yeah?" the man said.
"I'm a comedian mate," Brand interjected.
"Stand," the man told him. "Stand for Parliament. If you're gonna campaign, then stand, OK? You have the media profile for it."
"My problem would be mate, I’d stand for parliament but I’d be scared that I’d become one of them," Brand replied, to boos from the audience.
"You fought addiction, and you’ve beaten it," the man told him. "You can’t preach that - that is rubbish. You cannot preach that. You've attacked him [Farage] attacked everybody that stands for his party… they are people on the street."
Additionally, if you're interested in watching the whole thing, you can find it here on Youtube:
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You can read more about this mess on the Independent (Article Source).
Mess IMO. Dimbleby looks ready to tear what's left of his hair out half way through. I hate Farage and everything that his party stands for, but I also thought Russell was very disappointing and weak. He's well intentioned but too obsessed with his ego to see clearly, and not educated or informed enough. Also, ugh at him trying to shout and speak over the female panelists.