r/LabourUK • u/Half_A_ Labour Member • 2d ago

Russell Brand charged with rape

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0457d02e9go
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u/bamfg New User 2d ago

how does this concern the labour party?

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u/Spentworth Looking for reasons to vote Labour 2d ago

10-15 years ago he was the darling of the trendy left. He was certainly the most prominent leftist I knew of when I was a teenager, which is kind of tragic 

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u/JumpySimple7793 Labour Member 2d ago

I know it's easy to say now, but I always hated his hollow "down with the man" faux-anarchist BS

Didn't surprise me his values don't even go skin deep

Hope he just gets locked up and we never have to hear about him again

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u/Prince_John Ex-Labour member 2d ago

He did come out with the odd pithy thing that has stuck with me. I paraphrase, but something like:

"When I was poor and talked about inequality, they told me it was the politics of envy."
"When I was rich and talked about inequality, they told me I was a hypocrite."
"I'm beginning to think they just don't like talking about inequality."

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u/JumpySimple7793 Labour Member 2d ago

Broken clock I suppose

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u/onlygodcankillme left-wing ideologue 2d ago edited 2d ago

Personally, I just always found him to be an annoying, overly verbose, cunt.

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u/Toastie-Postie Swing Voter 1d ago

I remember finding him funny on shows years ago as I assumed that he was playing an over the top character before discovering that he really was that stupid. He was like the left wing version of Al Murray before switching to the right as it's easier to build a cult that way.

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u/YorkshireFudding Labour Voter 2d ago

He wasn't even really a 'leftist'. All I remember is he just said "Don't bother voting" in the 2015 election cycle, until he got an interview with Ed Miliband and changed his mind at the last minute.

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u/smig_ New User 2d ago

Notably after registration ended so likely had a direct affect on some people not being able to vote before changing his mind

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u/Half_A_ Labour Member 2d ago

He used to be a Labour supporter, believe it or not.

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u/Meritania Votes in the vague direction that leads to an equitable society. 2d ago

Ed Milliband got into bed with him once…

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u/Beetlebob1848 Soc Dem 2d ago

Goes to show the Left have their own unique blindspot for these type of characters.

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u/Captain-Starshield New User 2d ago

I don’t think anyone on the left has liked him since he started spewing the anti-vax shit

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u/XihuanNi-6784 Trade Union 2d ago

Eh, a "unique" blindspot is a bit of a reach in my opinion. His antics were extreme but on the edge of acceptable given the mores of the time. I don't think it has anything in particular to do with "the left" beyond everyone doing better. I don't think what he did was overlooked because he "had good politics" is basically what I'm saying. It was overlooked because everyone was overlooking it.

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u/Beetlebob1848 Soc Dem 2d ago

Yeah I'm not saying his crimes have been overlooked by leftists or anything. That was probably down to the culture of the time unfortunately, plus I imagine he sued like crazy to keep things quiet.