Russel Brand - bright boy

[Hibbyradge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUswH8ovgUp5Bdg-0_JTYFNw&v=u7VNQih51T0&app=desktop

[Mon Dieu4]

Watched it earlier, I'm aware Brand is marmite, but I really like him, always eloquent and makes good points, his war with Fox News is great :cb

[Judas Iscariot]

Loves the Hibees too

[Bristolhibby]

Loves the Hibees too

This.

Brand pretty much sums up my views on the world today in relation to power, money, politics and big business.

J

[DarrenSQH]

I think most of his Videos are spot on.

One of the good guys out there.

[CropleyWasGod]

His stuff on drugs policy is superb.

Can't say that i agree with everything he ever says, but that's the mark of an independent thinker. Can't help but respect him for that.

[Phil D. Rolls]

Some people might consider mocking the No campaign to be a form of bullying. The type of person who believes that JFK was killed by a single shot.

[Pretty Boy]

I like Russell Brand.
I don't always agree with what he says but he's not afraid to say what's on his mind and usually puts it across eloquently.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Aye, a very articulate Hibs/Hammers man. :-)

[Keith_M]

Ehm ,why do people think Russel Brand supports Hibs?


:dunno:

[Phil D. Rolls]

Ehm ,why do people think Russel Brand supports Hibs?


:dunno:

Its obvious isn't it?

[Pretty Boy]

Ehm ,why do people think Russel Brand supports Hibs?


:dunno:

He once described us on Twitter as a great club with cool fans.

[Mikey09]

His stuff on drugs policy is superb.

Can't say that i agree with everything he ever says, but that's the mark of an independent thinker. Can't help but respect him for that.


Yep totally agree. Think he was giving his opinion at the committee on addiction and if you haven't seen it then I would suggest you give it a watch. Half an hour of well thought out opinions on addiction. And very funny at times.... Sorry don't know how to link things... :confused:

[CropleyWasGod]

Yep totally agree. Think he was giving his opinion at the committee on addiction and if you haven't seen it then I would suggest you give it a watch. Half an hour of well thought out opinions on addiction. And very funny at times.... Sorry don't know how to link things... :confused:

S'okay....that's where I really warmed to him. :agree:

[hibsbollah]

The swingball bit cracked me up.

[Mon Dieu4]

The swingball bit cracked me up.

I liked that bit too haha

[Stranraer]

Thought Peter Hitchens said it right with:

"the so called comedian in the hat"

[One Day Soon]

Dearie me.

[Mikey09]

Dearie me.


Truth hurts eh..... Amazing how nearly every post on this thread has something positive to say about the guy then you come along and deflate everyone with yer negativity.... Bore off :rolleyes:

[One Day Soon]

Truth hurts eh..... Amazing how nearly every post on this thread has something positive to say about the guy then you come along and deflate everyone with yer negativity.... Bore off :rolleyes:


Not so much truth hurts as trite bores. Russell Brand on the Scottish constitution, up next Bernard Manning on nuclear physics.

You seem to believe that there is something wrong with having a range of differing opinions. Why are you so intolerant?

[marinello59]

Truth hurts eh..... Amazing how nearly every post on this thread has something positive to say about the guy then you come along and deflate everyone with yer negativity.... Bore off :rolleyes:


I don't get the whole Russell Brand thing and cynically see the respect he is given by so many as a triumph of celebrity over content . :devil:

[johnbc70]

Is he not guilty of a bit if hypocrisy? Takes home £5M a movie, criticises Murdoch but is then happy to publish his best seller book on his label and write a column in the Sun, no doubt well paid for it as well. He has openly admitted to cheating the benefits system in the past as well.

[Betty Boop]

Then there's Frankie Boyle, always one to stir up a hornets nest. :greengrin

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/scottish-independence-referendum-frankie-boyle-on-no-vote-to-be-fair-ive-always-hated-scotland-9743698.html

[One Day Soon]

Is he not guilty of a bit if hypocrisy? Takes home £5M a movie, criticises Murdoch but is then happy to publish his best seller book on his label and write a column in the Sun, no doubt well paid for it as well. He has openly admitted to cheating the benefits system in the past as well.

Seriously? Our modern Gods eh?

[easty]

http://youtu.be/uwWUb5hyFmQ

[hibsbollah]

Not so much truth hurts as trite bores. Russell Brand on the Scottish constitution, up next Bernard Manning on nuclear physics.

You seem to believe that there is something wrong with having a range of differing opinions. Why are you so intolerant?

Brand elevates the political debate beyond the inane ramblings and boring platitudes of politicians, who cater to what they perceive to be the low intelligence of the average voter. Your Manning analogy is laughably inaccurate.

But if you want to engage with politics by watching the likes of Miliband bang out another embarrassing cliché-fest about 'hard working families' and 'one nationhood', fill your boots. The rest of us stopped listening ages ago.

[One Day Soon]

Brand elevates the political debate beyond the inane ramblings and boring platitudes of politicians, who cater to what they perceive to be the low intelligence of the average voter. Your Manning analogy is laughably inaccurate.

But if you want to engage with politics by watching the likes of Miliband bang out another embarrassing cliché-fest about 'hard working families' and 'one nationhood', fill your boots. The rest of us stopped listening ages ago.


No I'm afraid Brand doesn't do that at all. He is just as culpable of debasing and making shallow the discussion as the politicians are - the only difference is that he swears a lot, uses humour and doesn't dress conventionally. He still talks pish.

I don't know why you made the assumption that I engage with politics by watching Miliband - I'm not a big fan at all. I look for a plurality of sources of information, ideally primary sources of fact so that I can make my kind up for myself. The day I start taking my political lead from Russell Brand will be the day I give up on politics altogether. Each to their own I guess.