[Rosvanian]

# agree that he's innocent.

[Watchman]

It's a tough call for the Mail as Brand is in receipt a Mail lifetime of hate sentence but most of the cuntosphere seem to be that he's innocent.

But only in the context that it gives them an excuse for BBC bashing

[Rosvanian]

It's a tough call for the Mail as Brand is in receipt a Mail lifetime of hate sentence but most of the cuntosphere seem to be that he's innocent.

But only in the context that it gives them an excuse for BBC bashing

I never imagined that one day I would agree that it's finally time to put the BBC out of its misery.

[Youngian]

His reinvention as a political commentator/controversialist is equally baffling to me.

The obvious explanation does sound conspiratorial but even one of his accusers Alice mentioned it on a Woman’s Hour interview this morning.

it’s laughable that he would even imply that this is some kind of mainstream media conspiracy. He’s not outside the mainstream – he did a Universal Pictures movie last year, he did Minions, a children’s movie.

He is very much part of the mainstream media, he just happens to have a YouTube channel where he talks about conspiracy theories to an audience that laps it up.

it may sound cynical, but I do think that he was building himself an audience for years of people that would then have great distrust of any publication that came forward with allegations. He knew it was coming for a long time.
https://www.threads.net/@georgemonbiot/ ... IwNjQ2YQ==

[Oboogie]

It's a tough call for the Mail as Brand is in receipt a Mail lifetime of hate sentence but most of the cuntosphere seem to be that he's innocent.

But only in the context that it gives them an excuse for BBC bashing

Getting rid of the BBC is far more important to the Mail than anything Brand's done, if they play their cards right they can take down Channel 4 as well. Trebles all round.

[Youngian]

Promoting far right conspiracy theories isn’t something that bothered Jez and Len then? Perhaps they didn’t know and Piers recommended Brand for inclusion.

Russell Brand has been dropped from a book of poetry by Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey, HuffPost UK has learned.
The collection, called Poetry For The Many, is due to be published in November.
According to The Guardian, Brand was among those who had been lined up to contribute to the book.
The Sunday Times and Channel 4′s Dispatches programme reported at the weekend that the comedian and actor has been accused of rape and sexual assault. Brand has strongly denied the allegations. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ ... NKWciCWpCo

[Malcolm Armsteen]

It's a tough call for the Mail as Brand is in receipt a Mail lifetime of hate sentence but most of the cuntosphere seem to be that he's innocent.

But only in the context that it gives them an excuse for BBC bashing

I never imagined that one day I would agree that it's finally time to put the BBC out of its misery.

No it isn't.

[Oboogie]

The Telegraph certainly knows who's really to blame.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Even so, that is a better line than "all rubbish got up by woke pharma" or whatever.

[Spoonman]

Two things...

1. If you start making issues concerning rape & sexual abuse a right/left issue, you're looking to completely fuck around with social norms (not aimed at anyone here).

2. Believing Brand is 100% innocent of committing such offences 10-20 years ago simply on the basis that he shares your views on vaccines & other crackpot shite says a lot about you - don't you dare in future call anyone "sheep".

[Tubby Isaacs]

[Killer Whale]

That really is the thinnest of thin gruel. Shocking.

[Youngian]

We only have her word she was rejected, clearly working undercover to take down establishment threat Brand.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

I bet she's Jewish as well, eh Chris?

[Tubby Isaacs]

He's been responding BTL. Gems like "do you trust the Murdoch Empire?" I wasn't aware Murdoch had taken over Channel 4, that's terrible.

I do trust The Times more than some roaf on youtube, as it happens,

[davidjay]

Brand incorporated some funny routines in his stand up

I said in the OP that I have never found Brand even remotely funny. His success as a comedian is therefore inexplicable to me. His reinvention as a political commentator/controversialist is equally baffling to me. Remember when he admitted that he had never voted in his life, and advocated abstention from voting as some sort of viable approach to the electoral process?

He was and is a tedious, attention-seeking , vacuous twat. And, it would seem, a nasty, dangerous, abusive one at that.

But is he a comedian? A few genuine stand-ups seem to be having this debate based on the fact that nobody can ever recall him working the circuit.

[Youngian]

But is he a comedian? A few genuine stand-ups seem to be having this debate based on the fact that nobody can ever recall him working the circuit.

And like Ricky Gervais, Brand’s used some ‘inspired’ material from the likes of Stewart Lee. Using TV as a springboard instead of putting in the hard miles is a bit of a moot point. No one forces the public to buy tickets for Gervais or Brand’s stand up.

[AOB]

Did Russell Brand know this was all coming? Fellow comics and experts claim star spent four years 'grooming' online cult following 'to support him when rape allegations become public' - while sex assault probe was ongoing


Ironically, that's a conspiracy theory in itself.

[AOB]

The Mail have also got an article blaming "the Left". Wondered how long that would be.

[Andy McDandy]

For the Mail, the left is anyone who isn't 100% in lockstep with them.