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Post by Admin on Aug 11, 2014 5:53:07 GMT
 It appears Sean Hannity’s feud with Russell Brand is not anytime soon. The Fox News host went on a Twitter rampage, slamming his critics, including the outspoken comedian. This latest chapter in the Sean Hannity/Russell Brand feud began when the below photo of the host whispering into Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ear went viral.  But while this latest drama proves the Fox News host has too much time on his hands, it also reveals he still has issues with Russell Brand. While Sean Hannity was lashing out at his Twitter haters, he also tweeted the below message to the comedian. Hannity specifically referenced Brand’s infamous decision to dress like Osama Bin Laden the day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a stunt that got him fired from MTV UK. What led the Fox News host to publicly destroy Russell Brand? Sean Hannity was upset at the latest episode of the comedian’s YouTube show, “The Trews.” Brand mocked Hannity’s now-viral interview of Palestinian-American Yousef Munayyer. Instead of letting the Jerusalem Fund Executive Director give his views on the Middle East conflict, Hannity spent much of the segment just talking over and yelling at his guest. “One of the definitions of ‘terrorist’ is using intimidation to reach your goals,” Russell Brand concluded. “Who in that situation was behaving like a terrorist, using intimidation, bullying, and being unreasonable? Sean Hannity, that’s where the terrorism is coming from.” And after Sean Hannity called Brand out on Fox News, the comedian responded with a second “Trews” video urging him to “Come back to humanity.” So it’s likely only a matter of time before Brand responds to Hannity’s Twitter salvo.  Brand fired off the latest missive in what he admitted was a "trivial conflict" on Friday, calling Hannity a "peculiar, bigoted man" and mocking the Fox panel who weighed in on the spat between the British actor and the Fox host.  "I didn't find your informative segment very helpful at all, Sean, I didn't think you educated me at all. In fact I think you obfuscated the situation more, provided more incendiary and emotive disinformation and confusion and hysteria that you couldn't even back up with a pre-packed panel," Brand said in the diatribe, which has been viewed more than a million times on YouTube. The actor concluded with a plea of sorts to the Fox anchor: "Sean, you're a human being, come back to humanity, you've lost yourself, mate." |
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Post by Admin on Sept 4, 2014 15:18:09 GMT
 Russell Brand has said we only have ourselves to blame for "desperate" young Britons travelling to Iraq and Syria to fight with Islamic State (IS) militants. In a fierce attack against the British Government, Brand dissected David Cameron's speech on new laws to crack down on terror suspects. The Prime Minister last week warned that extremism in Iraq and Syria poses a greater danger to Britain than al Qaeda. But, in the latest video of his YouTube series 'The Trews', Brand argued that the British government is using IS, formerly known as ISIS, as an excuse to impose terror measure on the "domestic population." "The threat of ISIS is conceptual and abstract," Brand said, before adding "unless you're in Syria." In London, Brand says "the threat of David Cameron however, is real."  Referring to the escalating crisis in Iraq, Brand said: "We've caused this problem, make no bones about it." He argued that attitudes in Britain towards Muslim youth are to blame for the influx of young men and women leaving the UK to join extremists abroad. "What frame of mind would I have to be in to leave my house in fucking East London and go, 'Right, I'm going to the desert to kill people,'" he said. "You'd have to take away my material comfort, my sense of security, my sense of connection to the country, my sense of togetherness - all of those things would have to be stripped away from me," Brand says. The fact that there are so many "desperate people, so many alienated people" indicates that we have to build a more "coalescent, inclusive, communicative and bonded society here in Britain," the comedian said. "So people don't think 'I want to go to Syria and cut people's heads off, I like it here.'" Unless these attitudes change, he said, terrorism will continue. Brand added that he could see why IS would be "appealing" for "the lad" that shockingly murdered the American journalist James Foley.  "He went from being a disenfranchised youth in east London with no voice, no cultural identity worth having other than one of being under constant suspicion and condemnation to directly addressing the President of the United States," Brand said. Brand said not to presume that IS are "madly evil," arguing instead that "terrorism is the nuclear bomb of the disenfranchised." The more we bomb these regions, the more "we create these problems for ourselves in the future," he said. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 5, 2014 23:08:03 GMT
 Focus E15 campaigners have agreed to end their occupation of the Carpenters Estate - but have vowed to continue their fight. Newham Council will regain possession of the block of four flats on Tuesday, following a ruling at Bow County Court this morning. There was a carnival atmosphere outside the court where more than 100 people gathered to support the campaigners, including comedian Russell Brand. Speaking to the Recorder, he said: “I want to see homes for people who need them.  “They’re single mums fighting for homes. It doesn’t get anymore basic than that unless they start taking organs out of people’s bodies. I disagree with people being cleared off Carpenters Estate so they can gentrify the area. What’s happening here is an indication of a much broader story and that’s what I’m interested in. If we don’t get involved now who knows what’s going to happen.”  Campaigners have occupied the Stratford flats since September 21. Among their hoards of supporters was Glyn Robbins, a Unite Housing worker trade union. Speaking before the verdict this morning, he said: “I’ve worked in housing in Newham for years, anyone who works in housing can tell you there’s absolutely no policy justification for what they’re trying to do.  “That housing [Carpenter’s Estate] is perfectly good and perfectly habitable, people should be living in it. And that’s why I’m here today to support them.” In a statement, a Newham Council spokesperson said: “At the instruction of the Mayor and councillors, officers have restarted negotiations with the Carpenters Tenant Management Organisation to make the low rise properties on the estate available for temporary family housing as quickly as possible. |
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