Russell Brand on water charges! Do your worst!

FullblownRose · 14-11-2014 10:09AM #1

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/russell-brand-wades-into-water-charges-row-297814.html

The_Valeyard · 14-11-2014 10:13AM

I do not like Russell Brand.
I do not like the Irish accent he puts on.
I do like like his hair.

But I agree with what he says.

FullblownRose · 14-11-2014 10:16AM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

I do not like Russell Brand.
I do not like the Irish accent he puts on.
I do like like his hair.

But I agree with what he says.

He seems to have mellowed with age. slightly!

He still looks like he might leap up at any moment and take a running jump through the window, cackling maniacally, father jack style

El Weirdo · 14-11-2014 10:19AM

FullblownRose wrote: »

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/russell-brand-wades-into-water-charges-row-297814.html

Wow, thanks for the link. Saves me going to Reddit.

Don't Chute! · 14-11-2014 10:23AM

This from a guy who clearly never uses water.

Specialun · 14-11-2014 10:25AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

Wow, thanks for the link. Saves me going to Reddit.

That's impressive sarcasm. I applaud that

bnt · 14-11-2014 10:26AM

So the incoherent is indignant about the incomprehensible. Or is it the other way around?

Egginacup · 14-11-2014 10:29AM

black and amber wrote: »

This from a guy who clearly never uses water.

That was brilliant!

The Backwards Man · 14-11-2014 10:29AM

Has quite the track record of offending people with different accents, does Russell.

That's the only remotely interesting thing about him

Streetwalker · 14-11-2014 10:29AM

Have to say never liked him few years back but by jesus he speaks I lot of sense now.

BoJack Horseman · 14-11-2014 10:30AM

I miss Russell's radio show.
Him & Matt Morgan & Noel Gallagher made some good radio.

Foxhound38 · 14-11-2014 10:31AM

Water charges aside (I'm undecided on this - IW is a mess though, that's undeniable) - that floppy haired tosser can fcuk off

dquinnan · 14-11-2014 10:31AM

"Fight back against rich capitalists, but make sure to visit my web site and buy my $37 Russell as Che Guevara t-shirts though!"

Ann22 · 14-11-2014 10:32AM

I like him:)

The Backwards Man · 14-11-2014 10:32AM

Streetwalker wrote: »

Have to say never liked him few years back but by jesus he speaks I lot of sense now.

Sense?!
I just got more sense out of my dog when I asked her why she ate my toe nail clippings

iDave · 14-11-2014 10:33AM

The only funny thing about him is his pathetic attempt to re-brand (pun not intended) himself as some sort of intellectual fighting for the common man. Odd he needed to go down the populist route after his shameful prank-call stunt.

In Lonesome Dove · 14-11-2014 10:33AM

I heard of the name Russell Brand before but I'll be completely honest, I don't know who he is or what he does? Is he a singer? An acter? A comedian? I suppose a Google will sort that out for me.

I watched his video last night about Irish water and I admire him for it.

FullblownRose · 14-11-2014 10:41AM

In Lonesome Dove wrote: »

I heard of the name Russell Brand before but I'll be completely honest, I don't know who he is or what he does? Is he a singer? An acter? A comedian? I suppose a Google will sort that out for me.

I watched his video last night about Irish water and I admire him for it.

Big Brother, the tv show, or something like that. Famous for being famous

elefant · 14-11-2014 10:41AM

Are the water charges not paying for the water infrastructure and treatment rather than the water itself? I don't understand how this amounts to being charged for a human right.

I don't really get the fuss about having to pay for water services, aside from the fact that the water quality isn't great (you'd hope paying for the service would lead to an improvement) and Irish Water seems predictably shadily structured. Wikipedia, the great bastion of all accurate information, tells me that the 'lowest water tariffs in the world are found in Ireland and Turkmenistan, where residential water is provided for free'.

Would Brand agree that every single country in the world apart from Turkmenistan is violating human rights by charging for water services?

[I'm not living in Ireland at the moment so maybe I'm missing some of the intricacies of why everyone seems so pissed off. If so, could someone relieve my ignorance?]

Duggy747 · 14-11-2014 10:43AM

He really is going for that martyr / messiah look with that thing around his head and the Che Guevara thumbnail.

jamesbere · 14-11-2014 10:43AM

elefant wrote: »

Are the water charges not paying for the water infrastructure and treatment rather than the water itself? I don't understand how this amounts to being charged for a human right.

I don't really get the fuss about having to pay for water services, aside from the fact that the water quality isn't great (you'd hope paying for the service would lead to an improvement) and Irish Water seems predictably shadily structured. Wikipedia, the great bastion of all accurate information, tells me that the 'lowest water tariffs in the world are found in Ireland and Turkmenistan, where residential water is provided for free'.

Would Brand agree that every single country in the world apart from Turkmenistan is violating human rights by charging for water services?

[I'm not living in Ireland at the moment so maybe I'm missing some of the intricacies of why everyone seems so pissed off. If so, could someone relieve my ignorance?]

So can we just send all the protesters to Turkmenistan

c_man · 14-11-2014 10:44AM

elefant wrote: »

[I'm not living in Ireland at the moment so maybe I'm missing some of the intricacies of why everyone seems so pissed off. If so, could someone relieve my ignorance?]

We're already paying for water through general taxation. Being asked to pay for something twice, and which has been made a complete balls of by the gov == people pissed off.

Micky Dolenz · 14-11-2014 10:44AM

Is it the dude from Rubber Bandits doing the jingle at the end?

mikom · 14-11-2014 10:44AM

elefant wrote: »

[I'm not living in Ireland at the moment so maybe I'm missing some of the intricacies of why everyone seems so pissed off. If so, could someone relieve my ignorance?]

Not in Ireland?
You won't be paying for water twice so.

FullblownRose wrote: »

Big Brother, the tv show, or something like that. Famous for being famous

Yeah, just that........

The Russell Brand Show, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek Brand X, Ponderland, From Addiction to Recovery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBA6qlHW8po

FullblownRose · 14-11-2014 10:47AM

mikom wrote: »

Yeah, just that........

Well, that's all that I know about him. Is he famous for something else?

c_man · 14-11-2014 10:52AM

FullblownRose wrote: »

Is he famous for something else?

Yep.

FullblownRose · 14-11-2014 10:55AM

c_man wrote: »

Yep.

The spoiler part was added after I replied there. I haven't seen/ read them.

Little CuChulainn · 14-11-2014 10:58AM

Streetwalker wrote: »

Have to say never liked him few years back but by jesus he speaks I lot of sense now.

I have always hated him and everything he said has been wrong in the past but because his view is the same as mine on this one particular issue I'm willing to ignore all his past and hold him up as a representative of the Gods.

c_man · 14-11-2014 11:08AM

FullblownRose wrote: »

The spoiler part was added after I replied there. I haven't seen/ read them.

Regardless, I don't accept that you (and others) are not capable of a simple google search.

denhaagenite · 14-11-2014 11:08AM

Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day. He's a tw*t with many a populist agenda, and by the calibre of this gem, he clearly thinks he's of a superior nationality to us.

Funny how he likes to bash elitism and then there's lovely pics like this floating around the place:

russell brand.png

I betcha there was actually (not pictured) four burly men holding him back from attacking her.

Micky Dolenz · 14-11-2014 11:09AM

c_man wrote: »

Regardless, I don't accept that you (and others) are not capable of a simple google search.

I often couldn't be bothered me arse googling something. It's easier to ask someone else do it.

Russell Brand on water charges! Do your worst!

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