Russell Brand click bait

I have nothing to say about Russell Brand but, a little late, here are four links to people who do have something to say, and say it well:

• Johnny Guitar: We'd all love to see the plan, Russell.
• Alex Massie: Russell Brand is right about one thing; he is a twerp. 
• Robert Webb: choosing to vote is the most British kind of revolution there is, so Im rejoining the Labour Party in protest.
• James Bloodworth: Five ways that voting does make a difference.

And here's what I tweeted when I read the Guardian installment of Brand's intervention:

1. Bob From Brockley ‏@bobfrombrockley6 Nov

   Just read Russell Brand's screed. Not as bad as I feared. Just wish the Guardian could've put in some punctuation. And taken out some words.

On the other hand, I have a tiny bit of sympathy with this, although I think the article it comes from is 99% bullshit:

It’s not surprising that the PoshLeft are so rigid and judgmental about Brand and anyone who supports Brand’s Brand of politicizing the masses since the PoshLeft is even less tolerant on many levels than the extreme Right. They criticize the Right Wing and they criticize any part of the Left that does not follow the rules of their elite club. As Brand states in his essay, “The right seeks converts and the left seeks traitors. This moral superiority that is peculiar to the left is a great impediment to momentum."

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