You watch him do you Kimbers?You seem to know all about his channel.Unless that's another point your making without any knowledge
You watch him do you Kimbers?You seem to know all about his channel.Unless that's another point your making without any knowledge
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Fine work, kimbers!
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oh dear your not admitting that you are one of his marks?
he was a self confessed drug addict at the time, how can he say for sure what he got up to?
I'm sure plenty of others have said it but i hope they throw the booky wooky at the rapist scumbag
How is he a rapist celebrity?You don't have a single shred if evidence to prove that.
Enough to charge him. He is obviously a wrong un. Utter scumbag easily recognised as such years ago.
Still waiting for all the haters on here to apologies for there part in the Alec Salmond witch hunt.The guy died not to long after his acquittal.
Groper by his own admissions in court. Sexual assaults are very hard to prove in court. It was always a thin case but in the atmosphere of the time he had to be prosecuted and his own admissions in court painted him in a poor light indeed.
He saw through all the COVID lies unlike the folks in here
i always go to rapist celebrity born again Christians for my epidemiology advice
everyone knows that hosting the big brother talk show gives you an insight into novel global pandemics 😂😂
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“monkeycmonkeydo” is, I feel, an appropriate username, given the context…
If you’ve not heard the Origin Story podcast episode about Brand it’s worth a listen as it goes through what an awful human being he is.
I listened to it on this recommendation. Remarkable stuff, he is a truly grim person on so many levels.
In the podcast they mentioned that Brand had hosted Neil Oliver on his own podcast. I couldn't resist a listen, after all, how bad could it be? So I went for it, I listened so you don't have to.
It was worse, so much worse than I thought possible. Incoherent, angry, nonsensical, conspiratorial ramblings of complete melts. I won't try to describe the actual content but it was staggering in its stupidity, paranoia, lack of focus, self promotion and sheer insanity. Both of them have the veneer of being eloquent but when you actually listen beyond the big words and passionate voice, its complete and utter mindless, contradictory lunacy.
I find it staggering that companies pay to advertise on that pod, truly remarkable stuff.
I find it staggering that companies pay to advertise on that pod, truly remarkable stuff.
I’m not sure how much control the advertisers have over where their ads are placed. I can remember a prominent Remain podcast having a load of ads from HMG about how wonderful Brexit was going to be, which I’m sure wasn’t intentional.
Well I've not had the best couple of days so this thread has at least given me a bit of a giggle.
Multiple unhinged postings (many repeated) after 11pm on a Saturday night, then silence. Not difficult to read between the lines.
Still, he had me at:
He saw through all the COVID lies unlike the folks in here
It's an oldie these days, but still a good'un if delivered with enough manic energy around it.
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I’m not sure how much control the advertisers have over where their ads are placed.
Agree, but if I was a company I would be finding out. Also, some of the ads were paid promotions where Brand was talking up the product. Companies must know about that. The only one I can remember though was a Christianity app that helps Brand so true to God every day..........
Surely they must teach paid podcast promotions on day 1 of Grift School
The only one I can remember though was a Christianity app that helps Brand so true to God every day..........
Imagine someone needing an app to help them with their Christianity. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
What are the reviews like?
"Amazing app - one day I just found myself turning towards Mecca to pray, luckily this amazing app buzzed in my pocket and I was back on track".
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Imagine someone needing an app to help them with their Christianity
I can see Brand and some of his fellow travellers needing it.
Daily reminder: talk loudly about Christianity. Make sure everyone believes you believes.
Daily quote: here is a bible verse to show how learned you are. Make sure to use it at least twice.
Imagine someone needing an app to help them with their Christianity
Makes me think of the Gil-Scott Heron piece on the Bobby Womack album
"He came on television and said that he had seen God
So I stopped channel surfing immediately
He said he had seen God, and God told him to raise 8 million dollars
God was broke!"
Brand uses bible references like Boris Johnson uses Latin. Both seem to work well on gullible half-wits
Brand uses bible references like Boris Johnson uses Latin. Both seem to work well on gullible half-wits
And every time I look at someone like Johnson and marvel at how anyone could possibly put their faith in him...
I remember that a lot of people did (across various issues) and quite a lot still would. There are many isolated, paranoid, slightly crackers people out there looking for a cause to latch on to, to feel part of something (anything).
My BiL spent a lot of time on his own in a flat paid for by his erstwhile employer - especially around covid peak time. Not long after this he started becoming quite Brexity, drinking a fair bit, recommending listening to Jordan Peterson etc.
His latest mini-rant was at the weekend when he shoehorned into conversation a need to keep cash in circulation. When I said that cash had its pros and cons he simply announced that the government knows too much about us and this is a way to fight back. The conversation steered away from that quite quickly and it was a bit awkward. My son (14) has just started going out with his first secondary school girlfriend who is of Filipino origin. My BiL seemed to think my son should know her family's immigration status.
I put the blame squarely on the time he spent stewing in a flat alone with a bottle. He's nowhere near as good company as he used to be now he sees conspiracies everywhere.
His latest mini-rant was at the weekend when he shoehorned into conversation a need to keep cash in circulation. When I said that cash had its pros and cons he simply announced that the government knows too much about us and this is a way to fight back.
He's got a point, whilst applying for a mortgage, one of my customers was questioned by his bank with concern about the number of Bargain Booze purchases that were on his statements. Not sure whether they approved the mortgage, but he says he uses cash now.
one of my customers was questioned by his bank with concern about the number of Bargain Booze purchases
That seems somewhat presumptuous (and kind of invasive). My local corner shop is a Boozebuster or Bargain Booze or something similar. I'm in there almost daily buying bread / milk / cola / crumpets / crisps / chocolate / kitchen roll / cat food etc. Alright, I occasionally buy alcohol there too if I can't be arsed schlepping the 100 yards down the road to Tesco, but it's a fraction of my total spend.
My BiL spent a lot of time on his own in a flat paid for by his erstwhile employer - especially around covid peak time. Not long after this he started becoming quite Brexity, drinking a fair bit, recommending listening to Jordan Peterson etc.
A bloke I know did the same during covid. A perfectly intelligent, educated bloke, he dissapeared down the anti-vax wormhole during lockdowns and now nobody ever sees him and his social media feed is just a constant stream of reposted youtube videos of various loons spouting nonsense about chemtrails and other such guff.
The Brands, Tates, Petersons, Truss and Johnsons of this world look at these poor, sad saps and think KER-CHING!
but your bank is not the government - potentially not unreasonable for a bank making lending decisions to ask questions about current spending habits. The assumption is they are judging alcohol, but it could just as easily be vapes, bookies, bike shops, or cash withdrawals. And if the cash never hits the account in the first place it isn’t going to help lender perspectives either.one of my customers was questioned by his bank with concern about the number of Bargain Booze purchases
That seems somewhat presumptuous (and kind of invasive). My local corner shop is a Boozebuster or Bargain Booze or something similar. I'm in there almost daily buying bread / milk / cola / crumpets / crisps / chocolate / kitchen roll / cat food etc. Alright, I occasionally buy alcohol there too if I can't be arsed schlepping the 100 yards down the road to Tesco, but it's a fraction of my total spend.
If you’ve not heard the Origin Story podcast episode about Brand it’s worth a listen as it goes through what an awful human being he is.
I listened to it on this recommendation. Remarkable stuff, he is a truly grim person on so many levels.
In the podcast they mentioned that Brand had hosted Neil Oliver on his own podcast. I couldn't resist a listen, after all, how bad could it be? So I went for it, I listened so you don't have to.
It was worse, so much worse than I thought possible. Incoherent, angry, nonsensical, conspiratorial ramblings of complete melts. I won't try to describe the actual content but it was staggering in its stupidity, paranoia, lack of focus, self promotion and sheer insanity. Both of them have the veneer of being eloquent but when you actually listen beyond the big words and passionate voice, its complete and utter mindless, contradictory lunacy.
I find it staggering that companies pay to advertise on that pod, truly remarkable stuff.
I gave it a go, too. I found it slightly depressing. Firstly in that he does come across as a nasty piece of work. Secondly that so many people seem to have rated him (I left UK before he really got big so I wasn't aware of how influential he'd become... but always thought he seemed sleazy).
But almost as bad was the podcast and the presenters. At points they were like a couple of immature public schoolboys mocking a teacher behind their back. Their claims (several times) to have spent so much time researching Brand didn't really amount to much when all they seemed to have done is looked at his published material.
but your bank is not the government - potentially not unreasonable for a bank making lending decisions to ask questions about current spending habits. The assumption is they are judging alcohol, but it could just as easily be vapes, bookies, bike shops, or cash withdrawals. And if the cash never hits the account in the first place it isn’t going to help lender perspectives either.
Pff and?
I can reliably afford the repayments, yes or no?
is part of a responsible assessment of someone’s budget / affordability not looking at where they spend money to see if the expenditure really is discretionary and this can be stopped to pay for the mortgage.but your bank is not the government - potentially not unreasonable for a bank making lending decisions to ask questions about current spending habits. The assumption is they are judging alcohol, but it could just as easily be vapes, bookies, bike shops, or cash withdrawals. And if the cash never hits the account in the first place it isn’t going to help lender perspectives either.
Pff and?
I can reliably afford the repayments, yes or no?
I have a vague recollection of having to categorise our spending in detail when we applied for a mortgage a few years ago. Bikes are purely transport yeah?
A bloke I know did the same during covid. A perfectly intelligent, educated bloke, he dissapeared down the anti-vax wormhole during lockdowns and now nobody ever sees him and his social media feed is just a constant stream of reposted youtube videos of various loons spouting nonsense about chemtrails and other such guff.
My partner's sister went the same way. Posting on Faceache things like "can't we have a day off where they're not spraying us with stuff?" I gently explained concepts like "steam" and "ice" and was shut down with "well, we all have our opinions." No love, you have an opinion, I have GCSE Sciences.
is part of a responsible assessment of someone’s budget / affordability not looking at where they spend money to see if the expenditure really is discretionary and this can be stopped to pay for the mortgage.
I don't really recall any questioning of my accounts/spending when we got ours beyond having to supply pay slips and account statements. But then in principle it's wasn't very marginal, we could have borrowed much more. Which lead me to question quite how stretched are some people because we'd decided that this was more than enough to make us feel poor with sufficient margin not to result in too many sleepless nights 😬
Which lead me to question quite how stretched are some people because we'd decided that this was more than enough to make us feel poor with sufficient margin not to result in too many sleepless nights 😬
Eldest (22) and his partner are looking to buy in a year or so time. He's got a chunky inheritance from the in laws as a deposit, they both have decent average wage or above jobs, they are sensible and realistic with money and expectations. The levels of multiples and terms for available mortgage deals are frightening 🫣
I don't really recall any questioning of my accounts/spending when we got ours beyond having to supply pay slips and account statements. But then in principle it's wasn't very marginal, we could have borrowed much more.
Yeah, my last mortgage didn’t even require that - I think we just signed a declaration with the numbers! However things have got tighter and I’m told by the young folk in the office that lenders are typically asking first time buyers for a “budget” and looking at bank statements to see if your lifestyle matches what you claim - I think this might be in response to pressure that said “if I can afford £x per month in rent I can afford £x in mortgage”.
If you’ve not heard the Origin Story podcast episode about Brand it’s worth a listen as it goes through what an awful human being he is.
Thanks for the recommendation, listened to it today. All his awful habits there from the start if we'd have paid attention.
The levels of multiples and terms for available mortgage deals are frightening
When I first looked at getting a mortgage, the lender based it on our joint income and she was working on a 2-year contract in London on almost double my wage. It was a scary amount of money. If we'd taken the offer I'd probably now be living under a bridge with a dog on a string.
He never struck me as a nice person - had only seen him a couple of times on TV and changed channel when he was on. No idea what put me off, sadly I wasn't surprised to hear the allegations and if true (happy to admit I'm biased and think he is guilty of them) then I hope he is jailed for as long as the law allows.
No idea what put me off
Because he was never funny?
"I have a vague recollection of having to categorise our spending in detail when we applied for a mortgage a few years ago"
My first car loan involved a face to face interview with the bank branch manager.
As someone who is almost completely uninformed, is there a TLDR version of the podcast? I find the guy entirely unlikeable from the little I’ve seen of him on telly. But I have to confess that I haven’t seen much, since I would have tended to simply switch over if he was ever on. But I’m cautious about assuming guilt, just because someone is a ****. And his conversion to Christianity seems like just a total headmelt.
Has the guy got a track record or something?
As someone who is almost completely uninformed, is there a TLDR version of the podcast? I find the guy entirely unlikeable from the little I’ve seen of him on telly. But I have to confess that I haven’t seen much, since I would have tended to simply switch over if he was ever on. But I’m cautious about assuming guilt, just because someone is a ****. And his conversion to Christianity seems like just a total headmelt.
Has the guy got a track record or something?
He was a bit of a media darling for a while as he was 'kooky' and 'cheeky' and fancied himself as a bit of a comedian, but IMO a pillock...
It's not supprising to me at all he's a bit rapey...ots not rape it's just a bit of fun lovey! Lighten up!
I suspect he ran off to the USA and became a religious weirdo because it's more socially acceptable over there.
After all, the president of the USA is literally a rapist.
It's a safe haven for him.
Has the guy got a track record or something?
Again,
Watch the Channel 4 Dispatches exposé. He's basically what would happen if someone ordered Jimmy Savile off of Temu.
Had a hunt on YouTube for the Dispatches documentary and also found this from the Newagents, which was quite an interesting coverage of Brand and the allegations
It's a safe haven for him.
I'm not sure it would be if he is demanded to return by our courts. The US might not like or want to extradite US citizens to the UK, but Brand is a UK citizen so he wouldnt have such protection.
Has the guy got a track record or something?
Comics Katherine Ryan and Sarah Pascoe are both on record saying some pretty damning stuff about a certain person, but won't name names, presumably for potential legal ramification reasons.
I'll give you a clue - the predator was not Jimmy Carr.
Apparently, Katherine Ryan actually called him out on Roast Battle... but it was never shown on screen.
Apparently, Katherine Ryan actually called him out on Roast Battle... but it was never shown on screen.
If you have amazon prime (or a cheeky streaming service), check out 'backstage with Katherine Ryan' because its well worth a watch for the comedy, but espesially the bits where she and Sarah Pascoe talk... 😟
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But then in principle it's wasn't very marginal
I had this when moving here, massive long online form questioning income, expenditure and so on. Massive breakdown to stuff like internet subscriptions, eating out, how much we drive, cost of the car etc
As soon as we entered top line salaries for both of us (reasonably good), the size of the deposit we had (sizeable) and how much we wanted to borrow (about 20% of what they were willing to lend based on income and deposit), almost all the questions disappeared. Replaced with "what's your monthly discretionary expenditure" and "what's your monthly non-discretionary expenditure".
Also, the Kathrine Ryan Roast Battle comment *has* appeared online. But you may not be able to see it in the UK, or anywhere the creepy arsehole is trying to protect his reputation, what's left of it anyway.
I'm not a Katherine Ryan fan, but feel some Googling coming up later....
Had a hunt on YouTube for the Dispatches documentary
It's on the Channel 4 on-demand app, whatever it's called this week.
I'm not a Katherine Ryan fan, but feel some Googling coming up later....
I saw something a couple of weeks back when he was formally charged that she's had to drop a big chunk of material from her live show that's currently touring because it could be legally compromising now.
He never struck me as a nice person - had only seen him a couple of times on TV and changed channel when he was on. No idea what put me off, sadly I wasn't surprised to hear the allegations and if true (happy to admit I'm biased and think he is guilty of them) then I hope he is jailed for as long as the law allows.
I always made a point of avoiding him on tv, which wasn’t difficult really, because I don’t watch any comedy stuff, or allegedly comedy in Brand’s case. He always looked grimy, somehow, like he needed scrubbing down with a stiff-bristled yard brush and Dettol, then hosing down with a fire hose.
I could never understand what any woman could possibly see in him. Just thoroughly repulsive. 🤮
He never struck me as a nice person - had only seen him a couple of times on TV and changed channel when he was on. No idea what put me off, sadly I wasn't surprised to hear the allegations and if true (happy to admit I'm biased and think he is guilty of them) then I hope he is jailed for as long as the law allows.
I always made a point of avoiding him on tv, which wasn’t difficult really, because I don’t watch any comedy stuff, or allegedly comedy in Brand’s case. He always looked grimy, somehow, like he needed scrubbing down with a stiff-bristled yard brush and Dettol, then hosing down with a fire hose.
I could never understand what any woman could possibly see in him. Just thoroughly repulsive. 🤮
I never found him funny, always seemed too far up his own arse. Grimy and smarmy spring to mind. But Emily Maitlis in that Newsagents episodes said he was charming and erudite when she interviewed him, so I can see him being attractive to some folk in a "bad boy" way.