Emergency: VOTE To Start Revolution.

For many years, the actor and comedian Russell Brand has been very vocal in expressing his view that people shouldn't vote; stating that the whole system is wrong, and that NOTHING will ever change by voting for the same old same old. Brand's view is expressed perfectly by his friend, the indie pop god, Morrissey, in his song World Peace is None of Your Business, which includes the lyric, "Each time you vote, you support the process":



In October 2013, Brand was interviewed by Jeremy Paxman, and stated, "I've never voted, never will", adding, "this system currently doesn't address the ideas" and "I'm calling for genuine alternatives". He went on, "why vote, we know it's not going to make any difference" and "we're not going to solve world problems with the current system". Brand called for a revolution, saying, "it's totally going to happen - this is the end".



After the Paxman interview, Brand wrote a book using the title, Revolution. I haven't read it, but apparently it doesn't tell people how to go about starting a revolution; which some say was an opportunity missed.

Since the Paxman interview, the world has been waiting to see how Brand's revolution would actually begin - with many, including myself, expecting some sort of peaceful movement, with Brand as a modern day Gandhi, overturning the current system.




NOBODY could have expected the events of yesterday - when Brand unexpectedly told his 9 million twitter followers and his 1 million Youtube subscribers that they should VOTE LABOUR to start the revolution. The reaction was immediate, with Ed Miliband taking to twitter to declare:

"I'm glad I persuaded @rustyrockets that voting is important...and he's telling people to vote Labour. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwGBTcIHN0U"



Dread Miliband must have thought that all his Christmases had all come at once, whilst I on the other hand, was left feeling completely and utterly let down by Brand - he had sold out to one of the mainstream political parties..... or had he?


"BRAND'S ONE OF US - HELL YEAH!"

This morning, I woke up with a feeling that I must have got this all wrong; especially as I had found myself agreeing with the view of the treacherous Piers Morgan. I had to have jumped to the wrong conclusion about Brand's endorsement of Labour, so I watched Russell's Youtube video again; which incidentally isn't entitled 'VOTE Labour To Start Revolution', it is just 'VOTE To Start Revolution.' The video sees Russell looking as though he is endorsing Labour, but at the same time he is actually telling Scottish voters to vote for the SNP (Scottish Nationalist Party), and also calls for voters in Brighton to keep The Green MP, Caroline Lucas. It suddenly struck me that Russell Brand may have a method in his madness.

Many Political Pundits are predicting that the result of Thursday's General Election will be a hung parliament, and if that is the case, then one of the most likely outcomes is a coalition between Labour and the Scottish Nationalists. Pundits are also predicting that if such a coalition comes to fruition, it will be a nightmare, with the SNP looking to break away from the UK at the earliest opportunity, thus weakening the whole system.... and this may be where Brand's revolution begins.

Let us not forget that Russell Brand was PRO Scottish independence last year, saying, "I say devolve everything till we're all in little collectives where we actually control our lives and take power back from corporations and big business."



Has Russell Brand's view suddenly changed about everything he has stood for after one very short meeting with the totally lifeless Lead Miliband? It just isn't plausible. Does Russell Brand honestly think that Miliband and his right hand man, Ed Balls; who Brand once described as "a snidey cunt",  are the two men to lead us all to a better place? I don't think so. Would Republican Brand, a man who called for The Queen to become a cleaner really champion the one dimensional, Dead Miliband, who yesterday tweeted, "Wishing Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana a long & happy life. I hope the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge are enjoying her first, special days." - NO CHANCE!

Owen Jones and the left wing press may have fallen hook, line and sinker for Brand's endorsement of Labour, but that is because they are desperate to see an end to a Tory led government. What Jones & Co have failed to do, is to look deeper into Brand's words - because it suits them not to.

I believe that RB is encouraging people to vote Labour (in England only), as a stepping stone to a revolution. He is hoping that a Labour/SNP coalition is formed, and that this leads to the UK tearing itself apart. It's a revolution from the inside - first Scotland goes, then Wales, then Northern Ireland and then North of England pulls away from the South. The Royal family no longer have a kingdom and they quickly disappear - probably to America. It's a genius idea, and it just might work.

I may of course be wrong, and perhaps I was right with my initial thought that Brand is supporting Labour purely because his ego was hurt by David Cameron calling him "a joke", but this idea of starting a revolution from inside is far more plausible if Russell Brand is the man I think he is.

There is only one stumbling block to this revolution that I can see - Labour DON'T get to form a coalition with the SNP - in which case the revolution, and this blog will be finished before it starts.

I shall return after the result of the election is known.



* UPDATE* - WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 2015

Our revolutionary leader, Russell Brand, yesterday posted another video on his Youtube channel, this time entitled, 'David Cameron? You're Avin' A Laugh!'. In the video, there is no mention of a revolution, and no further encouragement for people to vote Labour - in fact, it is just a personal attack on David Cameron.

The video left me feeling that perhaps I maybe have got this all wrong, and Brand isn't really planning a revolution at all, he is just trying to get the Tories out, but would Brand really sell out to a mainstream political party after all he has said in the past?

Today, RB has posted a piece on his website entitled, 'We Can Change Whatever We Want'. In the piece, Brand states that he finds Nicola Sturgeon "fierce and exciting", and explains that he wasn't persuaded to change his stance on voting by Ed Miliband, as Ed had us believe; in fact, Brand states that, "we decided to endorse Labour before we approached them for an interview."

The most important line in Brand's statement issued today, and the line that makes me STILL believe that I am right about his motives in endorsing Labour, is this one:

"Does this country need a radical new political movement? An equivalent of Syriza in Greece or Podemos in Spain? It feels like it does and WHEN THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION FAILS TO DELIVER BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF PARLIAMENTARY POLITICS I'll happily participate in setting it up. With you."



*ANOTHER UPDATE* - THURSDAY 7 MAY

Today is polling date - the day that Russell Brand has stated is the start of his Revolution...... although  I would appear to be the only person in the whole world who believes Brand is backing Labour at this election purely to start a revolution from the inside! Even the 'King of Conspiracy Theories', David Icke, thinks Brand has just sold out - here is what Icke tweeted yesterday:

"Come the FAKE revolution brother":






Will Russell Brand actually vote himself today? NOT A CHANCE!