Posts Tagged ‘Russell Brand’
Russell Brand’s (quieter) Ed ‘Milibrand’ interview
I heard excerpts of this interview on BBC PM early this morning — and wanted to watch it. I’m glad I did. Good to see the ‘despondency message’ (“Why vote? It doesn’t matter”) Brand has promoted being challenged. Miliband’s points – making change through politicians can be hard work, slower than you want, and subject to […]
Varying explanations
I had reason recently, in the context of discussion about a disingenuous lobby group peddling some of its “non-partisan” wares, to remember the quote: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.” —Upton Sinclair Here’s another twist on it from Russell Brand: Via @caffeine_addict on […]
Orchestrating smear campaigns against your rivals is seen as dodgy in business, so what about politics?
South Korean cellphone manufacturer Samsung has been censured and fined for organising a campaign to denigrate one of its competitors by paying for derogatory comments to be posted on the internet. According to a finding by Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission Samsung paid contractors to pose as cellphone users and post comments which attacked rival HTC’s […]
