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/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