Russel Brand was brilliant!

Rubbish

He just hit the populist buttons any buffoon can do that…. where are your real left thinkers ?

I found him sexist, rude, and disappointing … how did he not jump on Phillips for her racist rant ??

“I’m a recovering drug addict”

Oh really …. I didn’t know that…. what a revelation

He just hit the populist buttons any buffoon can do that…. where are your real left thinkers ?

Ro5ey – in the absence of a labour party, he’s the best we’ve got 🙁

To be fair Binners

It’s very difficult for someone who has grown up as a feckless, self-indulgent, debauched individual with no real experience of a regular life, on the margins of society to make it to the top – but Boris has done that.

(Shamelessly ripped from the Guardian comments this morning.)

Boris’ blustering was as bad as Brand’s “Diana” eyes and hair twirling

jivehoneyjive – Member

The last time I went to Israel I met plenty of nice amiable people and generally had a good time, I didnt see any summararily executed locals being dragged through streets by screaming fanatics though !

Did you visit the West Bank or Gaza… did you see the barrier up close?

No I didnt ! I have no intention of going either.

What was it like when you went there ?

Did you stay to help ?

Just caught up on iplayer over coffee. Wow, she did lose it there! Unusual for someone to have a go at the audience and accuse people of being ignorant!!

making her look like a fairly typical daily mail reader columnist

FTFY.

What was it like when you went there ?

Did you stay to help ?

Though there is friendly people on both sides, the hostility and oppression displayed by the military (national service means all Israeli’s will be in the army at some point) at checkpoints was abhorrent~ along with building the barrier, settlers are also taking the water supplies, slowly choking the Palestinian villages. The Palestinians I met were warm and welcoming people, if a little weary from an uncertain future.

I helped as best I could and still contribute to humanitarian causes in the area, but short of deposing the current Israeli regime, there is only so much that can be done~ Israels murderous raid on the Freedom Flotilla bringing aid to Gaza typifies the double standards the western powers show for human life… who are the real terrorists?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/columnist-256/Melanie-Phillips.html

She really is a vitriolic bitch. Here’s her output from May and June.

Melanie Phillips’s recent articles

Blackadder and a celebrity-obsessed honours system that insults our genuine heroes

Part-time women doctors ARE a real problem. Why is it sexist to say so?

Yes, the feminists were strident and shrill – but they were right about the toxic power of porn

Until our leaders admit the true nature of Islamic extremism, we will never defeat it

The more abuse Mr Gove gets from the teachers, the more you know he’s right

Why is the Left so blind to the link between today’s sex scandals and the cult of permissiveness?

My immigrant family were proud to assimilate. I despair that too many today expect Britain to adopt THEIR culture

A Leftie who saw the light: What the cruel death of my parents taught me about our ‘caring’ NHS, by MELANIE PHILLIPS

A Leftie who saw the light: A good school freed me from a suffocating, lonely life. But wanting the same for every child made the Left detest me, writes MELANIE PHILLIPS

Why the Left hates families: MELANIE PHIILLIPS reveals how the selfish sneers of Guardianistas made her see how the Left actively fosters – and revels in – family breakdown…

I didnt see any summararily executed locals being dragged through streets by screaming fanatics though

I suspect you just did not go to the right places as has been pointed out

No need to do an Israel thread now though is there

What was it like when you went there ?

Did you stay to help ?

Did you or were you too impressed by their politeness to notice the dark underbelly?

I find it worrying that I live in a country where a large group of people read the vitriolic outpourings of someone as absolutely bonkers as Melanie Phillips and find themselves nodding in agreement, then regurgitating the same bile. Its scary!

Though there is friendly people on both sides, the hostility and oppression displayed by the military (national service means all Israeli’s will be in the army at some point) at checkpoints was abhorrent~ along with building the barrier, settlers are also taking the water supplies, slowly choking the Palestinian villages. The Palestinians I met were warm and welcoming people, if a little weary from an uncertain future.

I helped as best I could and still contribute to humanitarian causes in the area, but short of deposing the current Israeli regime, there is only so much that can be done~ Israels murderous raid on the Freedom Flotilla bringing aid to Gaza typifies the double standards the western powers show for human life… who are the real terrorists?

I genuinely admire your altruism !

Russel Brand was brilliant!

Rubbish

He just hit the populist buttons any buffoon can do that…. where are your real left thinkers ?

I found him sexist, rude, and disappointing … how did he not jump on Phillips for her racist rant ??

“I’m a recovering drug addict”

Oh really …. I didn’t know that…. what a revelation

agreed.. I’m a massive fan, and really thought that he might be able to offer a glimmer of fresh hope in this increasingly farcical and unpleasant political climate..

I was very disappointed by his weak and indulgent contributions though.. Was it QT lite..?
He didn’t even have the good grace to try to be amusing.. The serious political panel show’s obviously not Russell’s forte, which is a bloody shame really..