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Naturally I headed directly to my russel brand dot com bookmark to get the facts straight from the horse's mouth. http://www.russellbrand.com/can-we-change-anything/

The simple truth is I don’t have a “ready to wear” system of government to offer people on May 8th and neither does anyone else I’ve yet spoken to.

My fundamentalist abstemiousness became untenable because of mates making practical pleas of varying import;

1. “My brother has MS, if the Tories get in, his independent Living Fund will be cut and he’ll have to go in a home or move into mine…”
2. “My kids can’t do a production at school because of budget cuts…”
3. “My daughter can’t go to university because we can’t afford to pay a student loan back…”
4. “Our drug treatment day care program is being shut down due to cuts…

In the grand scheme of Revolution these are small problems, I agree, small problems that can be somewhat assuaged with the small solution of getting rid of the Tories.

Ultimately what I feel, is that by not removing the Tories, through an unwillingness to participate in the “masquerade of democracy”, I was implicitly expecting the most vulnerable people in society to pay the price on my behalf while I pondered alternatives in luxury.


Do we need an international confederation of new political alliances that are committed to real change, real democracy, a revolutionary alternative to capitalism? That can challenge the IMF, WTO, WBO and all the other global acronyms so portentous and phony they may as well be the wrestling federations they sound like? Of course we do, my schedule’s pretty clear, I’ll join in. Will you?


My recommendation that people vote Labour is an optimistic punt that the degeneration of Britain will be slowed down and the lives of the most vulnerable will be a little more bearable than they’d’ve been under the Tories.

Nothing more ambitious than that.


Good point, looks like I'll be voting Democrat for the rest of my life. I'm sure they'll listen to my protests then.

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discipline posted:

funny how he calls that right when jacobin endorses a democrat for president...


everybody loves voting. they want to kiss voting on the lips and marry voting

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looks like he got visited by a politician in his home and got politicianed into voting. he forgot the first rule of vampires: don't invite them in, jesus fucking christ.

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Considering that vampires have souls, albeit damned ones, this defamatory rhetoric is immensely unfair.
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anyway, here's that full brand interview

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he could have at least told folks to vote for tusc
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you panicked but you didnt lose your cool
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I really really give a fuck about uk politics.
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so not only is there a russel brand thread but its been necrod. who does a mod have to ban to get some good posts around here
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"Jpg." - Hank Hill
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Russell Brand repeatedly had sex with Katy Perry and is therefore the most successful socialist in history
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Crow posted:

mcdonalds wifi



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i don't give a fuck how much of a rogue fascist you are, if you're a spellcaster you don't get to dual wield swords jesus frakkin christ
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and what is that, a miniature crossbow? what is a damn wizard doing with a miniature crossbow
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rhabdomancy. when the stick is dropped out of the crossbow at high velocity, you examine the way it has fallen and use that to divine your future. for example, if it has fallen into the body of a powerful proletarian communist organizer you can predict that the revolution will be delayed to some extent
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put a wand in the crossbow lmaoo
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‘Trademarking is normal. Oxfam’s a trademark. The Daily Mail is a trademark. This is registered so we can help people with our enterprises.’

Ron Paul must be feeling pretty silly at the moment...
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ya conec how were the cookies?????
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wasted posted:

Russell Brand has political opinions. It is good to know. Time to gas.


Forum surprised a former drug addict is a swindler.