Russell Brand & Nigel Farage clash over immigration on Question Time (11/12/2014)

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[@firemantim9601]

Attack the person, shout racist

[@djgamesization]

respeck

[@firemantim9601]

Restecp

[@Nellynoodlebums]

Say what you see.

[@cranebeg]

Nelson Dugluss whatever Mr Chips.

[@firemantim9601]

Is this cause I is black?

[@literati100]

Russel Brand then went home to his mansion.

[@AggTheMag]

just because he became rich, he can't disparage the economic system we live in? Actually it works against him, so your argument is completely irrelevant...

[@jakehouston3377]

AggTheMag No, your argument is completely irrelevant...

[@andreicallanan1029]

So did Nigel

[@jakehouston3377]

@@andreicallanan1029 Acc, he doesn't live in a mansion, so you should probably do some research before making idiotic criticisms.

[@andreicallanan1029]

@@jakehouston3377 Oh sorry, this interview must have taken place before Nigel's secret sugar daddy Arron Banks paid for him to live in a 4 million quid house in Chelsea

[@rickertom8122]

After 8 years, no need tell who's right and who's wrong, just see how UK is today 🤭

[@justsoup2460]

Christmas becomes the holidays because people don’t like the country they immigrated to… I’m sorry but that has always made me chuckle inside

[@docwhat8370]

@@justsoup2460 If only it were true. It's the white middle class intelligentsia who despise anything to do with religion and "superstition" that cited possible offence to do away with something in their own culture that they themselves are ashamed and embarrassed of.

[@nrdify]

Agreed, look at how much the UK economy has suffered in the name of stopping immigrants from coming. Russell was right!

[@Stevo736]

I didn't like Russell Brand back then but hes a bit more clued up now. There are also a lot of clapping seals in the audience without a clue in this clip.

[@brendan1522]

Absolutely spot on 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@OddboxNews]

Oddly enough, I agree with both of them to a certain extent.

[@Danieldoomer]

I kinda am as well

[@evanniseventy702]

Same bro

[@socillizt4life]

You lot must be seriously confused because they were both holding mutually exclusive views! ‘Firage is a lifelong BS artist & a pro corrupt corporate tool! Russell Brand was talking 100% truth here!

[@wheelie642]

I find Russell talks about a different subject when he is asked a question. Two different topics are being discussed.

[@I.OWN.NOTHING]

@@wheelie642 Russell is arguing that the cons on immigration are not what big media portray them as and that alot of the cutbacks and tax rises and lower quality of living come from big banks and corrupt politicians and accountants

[@fuckoffgoogle9747]

“When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite. I'm beginning to think they just don't want to talk about inequality.” - Russell Brand

[@elrjames7799]

@fuckoffgoogle. You've a brilliant user name, but the hypocrite label suits Russel: 'talk left but live right'.

[@fuckoffgoogle9747]

@@elrjames7799 haha glad you like the name

[@robashton8606]

@@elrjames7799 Is missing the point a disability you have, or are you just being obtuse?

[@elrjames7799]

@@robashton8606 'When did you stop beating your wife'?

[@danielseaburg9763]

''when i was poor, i made the choice to get addicted to drugs, when i had money, all i had to do was join the ''blame the system, its the magic money tree rhetoric'' - without mentioning ''that same very system is now the reason im rich. ''....the hypocrisy isn't that he's ''rich'', the hypocrisy is he blames a system, not individual choice and responsibility, HE made the choice to inject heroin. The government didn't hold him down and force it. That same system he hates, he has benefitted from. He promotes debauchery, yet claims the rich are the ones committing debauchery.....

[@AppleFaction]

Instead of making any actual arguments, Brand just goes back to his crowd-pleasing 'blame the rich' populism. Sycophantic sophists doing what they do best.

[@AppleFaction]

What?

[@thomasedgerley1152]

Allowing his opposite to make a point.

[@jamwithmates123]

Thomas Edgerley But that's what it all comes down to in the end, people with money have the power to make the lives of the poor better, but instead they blame immigrants for sucking the wealth out of our country. Look at countries like Denmark, the highest taxes in the world yet small businesses thrive, because government regulation prevents huge monopolies from exploiting workers for profit. The reality that no one wants to realise is that the rich don't give a shit about the poor; the born rich stay rich and the born poor generally stay poor. Our system works for the few, not the majority. Do you call that a Great British Democracy?

[@teehee1604]

***** The born poor have great opportunities to become rich. The only people stopping a young kid from a council estate doing well in school, going to university and getting rich and the kids themselves and their parents. Is that not what fairness is, opportunities for all? Surely its less fair to artificially balance people's wealth in a way that throws money at people who haven't earned it?

[@AppleFaction]

Keri Naidoo It's a false dichotomy to say that the problem is either big business or immigration, it happens to be a mixture of the two. My comment is talking about Brands total diversion from the question.

[@ncollins7213]

I remember watching this and agreeing with Russel and Eddie 8 years ago. I now side with Nigel. Its now 2023 I could not get a doctors appointment after trying for nearly two weeks so i went to the hospital and told i have to stand outside when i looked in the window every chair was taken by an immigrant. Full families of them. I now pay privately for my healthcare and its driven me into severe debt with my cancer. Payed tax and worked for 40 odd years for nothing. Glad my kids have found a better life elsewhere in the world as i believe its too late for Britain to reverse the negative effects. VOTE REFORM.

[@mikusb9011]

Almost half of NHS workforce is foreign.. Problem is aging population which is most old English people from which many of them never worked a minute of their lifes..Who Will look after them if no immigrants here?? Young lazy Brits?? Who will work in factories,farms,healthcare etc??

[@tomrogers7110]

I don't mean to offend you, but you still don't understand. This should have been stopped in its tracks years ago, maybe decades ago. It's too late now. People like you should have listened. We are stuck with these problems now. You can't vote your way out of it.

[@ordoabchao4202]

Russell Brand has changed his mind too. Check out his channel. He should have Nigel Farage on.

[@kennethallen5351]

Funny how Russell Brand had completely changed his tune nowadays

[@colinlock-lv9vv]

dont know never liked guy never watch him

[@woodywoodpecker4051]

The older I get the more I'm convinced that people compound their ignorance simply through an inability to admit when they're wrong and it's really sad becase it's often those people who shout the loudest

[@matthewmalpeli]

Who are you talking about?

[@matthewmalpeli]

The older you get the easier it is to trigger you into fearing things that don't threaten you in the slightest. Fixed it

[@matthewsummerfield80]

Its called getting stuck in your ways.... care to talk about education? As what we learn in our formative years. Helps shape who we become as a person....

[@sirf4ce]

Fear is powerful. Ignorance is a hard thing to change. These guys are playing dirty, though! A couple of crowd plants and all of a sudden, lacky Jim is up there snickering his way through a tv spot, enjoying his handiwork.

[@Robert-tl2vg]

Matthew Malpeli amazing pearl of wisdom

[@ForestKicks]

The moment Question Time turned into the Jeremy Kyle Show

[@alduslummus6380]

@auraman he's a very intelligent person

[@Adilrajasoldierspeaks9702]

The worst part is that all of them made some sense: 1. Quality of immigration is important, 2. Corruption should be tackled and banker bonuses should be kept in check, 3. Russell Brand should stand for the parliament and at the same time try not to be corrupted by power, 4. Scale of immigration in a given year must be decided by the market forces of demand and supply.

[@donovanpain83]

Hmm...Brand doing his normal pound shop Jack Sparrow

[@zipperton]

brilliant comment sir.

[@markg4529]

the audacity of Russell Brand telling people who to watch when he was the monster under the bed

[@nicholaschristodoulou5766]

Exactly a predator

[@wolfiesmith7674]

Farage smiling at the shouty bloke with the walking stick “Yes, yes… let the hate flow through you”

[@reubenl8810]

“When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite. I'm beginning to think they just don't want to talk about inequality.” - Russell brand

[@Anawackp15]

''When I actually encounter the poor, I tell them to ''shut up mate, and don't vote'' if they oppose mass uncontrolled migration then I call them Enoch Powell. I can't believe in this day and age people complain about mass uncontrolled migration, I live in the richest parts of the country and I don't see a problem with it at all.'' - Russell Brand

[@antvern7356]

I pretty sure the bird shouting at him was the 1 full of hate 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@kkho2198]

they should be charged 101% tax for being retarded and it would solve everything

[@anthonybend3716]

@@reubenl8810 exactly. The creation of pejorative terms like ‘champagne socialist’ and ‘virtue signalling’ tells you everything you need to know about how scared certain people are of these types of discussions, especially when it comes from people who aren’t meant to care about it because they’re financially comfortable. It’s an uncomfortable discussion for the anti-immigrant grifters like Farage because the discussion inevitably leads to questioning why our society has such a huge gulf in wealth in contrast with levels of pay and taxation for the majority of the population. There’s only one section of society that have the ability to create and influence such a disproportionate wealth gap and it’s certainly not the immigrant population. It amazes me people still fall for the idea immigrants are to blame while still believing in a system of free market capitalism.

[@downswingplayer9712]

Another nonbiased BBC audience.

[@a526003b]

🤣

[@lapalad]

Just like the ABC in Australia stack the audience with lefties and take the moral high ground

[@downswingplayer9712]

@@lapalad It works great until voting day along with their bullshit polls.

[@morganmorris2698]

Absolute bullshit recently with how the bbc portray boris johnson as some kind of monster

[@edism]

@@morganmorris2698 he's not a monster and they've never portrayed him as one, they portray him as a moron and he is.

[@macklee6837]

How did I know she would have blue hair... 5:30

[@SealTeamZero]

And called Karen..

[@johnmason2593]

You could have laid money on it

[@Mrricko.]

How right Nigel was!

[@mickc7388]

How wrong Brand was, has he seen the light now? I cant stand his mum, Jo.

[@2905Josue]

Well said, Nigel

[@PerfectSnowball]

Who's benefitting from mass-immigration, the employer with a limitless supply of foreign slaves to choose from, or the employee who's now forced to compete for slave wages?

[@Hamza24434]

Tell that to the lorry drivers

[@Anawackp15]

@@Hamza24434 ''only foreigners should do underpaid work in this country.'' leftwing racists say no more

[@user-gj7mz7ej5l]

@@Anawackp15 wtf how did you come to that conclusion just from 'tell that to the lorry drivers', it almoat seems like you have been conditioned to just think anyone who disagree with you is the enemy and the devil, plz try to actually use critical thinking, instead of just blindly following agitative propaganda

[@Anawackp15]

@@user-gj7mz7ej5l Um the people suggesting that we need a constant influx of low skilled people to be underpaid in this country are incredibly racist. But ofcourse they infer that anyone who opposes mass uncontrolled migration is ''waycist'' because unlike them, they're not in favour of exploiting migrants for underpaid work. So stop following leftwing media agendas like the Guardian, BBC etc. Use critical thinking instead bootlicking. Thanks u

[@user-gj7mz7ej5l]

@@Anawackp15 hahaha, omg i feel bad about how badly i am about rip into what you just said so i'll be nice, and i hope you would also actually apply some critical thinking here and recognise when you got things wrong first of all you implied that lorry drivers are 'low skill' workers, do i really need to say more here haha. well just in case you didn't know, driving a truck is not easy let along for a long period of time, people needs to actually study theory as well as practice before actually passing a test to get a license, so not exactly a 'low skilled' job is it? plus just a google search tells me that lorry drivers earn an average 30000 to 40000 a year, around the median wage of the UK, so not exactly underpaid are they? so your assertion that this dude saying that we should have more lorry drivers from outside Uk to pluck the gaps somehow means that he's a racists who want's to exploit a constant stream of 'low skilled' migrants is just completely wrong, and i hope you could swallow your ego and recognise what you said was wrong and nobody is actually for 'mass uncontrolled migration', nor has there ever been 'mass uncontrolled migration' in the UK in the past decades, and no one is going to call you racist because of that, look i am opposed to it too. but this is often a rhteroic used by the far right to try mask their policy of complete racial exclusion as merely 'opposition to uncontrolled mass migration'. so when people do call them out for the shitty racist policy that it is, they'll just pretend that they are crazy for saying this us racist cause they were merely 'opposed to mass uncontrolled migration' when there has been none of that. look, tbh i am prbly what the media you consume would portray as pure evil, but if you ever want actually engage with a real one in logical discussion and see for yourself that i am indeed not the devil, rather than just eating up the strawman they feed you, i am happy to talk more these stuff if you are interested

[@TheSpandexcatcher]

How far Russel has changed over the years, he has really grown

[@poofighter3741]

What an embarrassment brand is and he needs to buy a comb LOL.

[@prot07ype87]

Would love to see Brand distribute his money to everyone, fucking hypocrite living in his safe, rich, ivory tower.

[@tomgibson6801]

same with farage. hates the eu gets his money from them

[@anitastone6529]

7 years later. Look where Brand is. Time tells with hypocrites.

[@nimoz702]

Did anyone else see what the guy in the audience did with his eyes at 1:52 😂

[@harrypaul2245]

Hes got some wham eyeballs

[@MichaelJ44]

1;:50

[@SRlikethetoothpaste]

It's the woman to his left who'll be forever burned into my memory. The creepy head turn, the thin lips, that face she pulls. If she's ever out of work, they'd definitely have her as an extra on Eastenders. And are we to assume that she's somehow related to the guy with the eyes to her right? Talk about the gruesome twosome.

[@looneyirish007]

@SHAKESPEAR i cant stop watching it.

[@tipoftheicebergicy6448]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@leestacey970]

5:10 Nigels face 😂

[@nigelbryant2672]

Toady little scumbag

[@supafoob4528]

Russel definitely changed his views since then, The beauty of constantly questioning everything, Cheers to both Mr farage and Mr brand

[@jossratcliffe8908]

We’ll said Nigel

[@tomoreilly9932]

This is what happens when Jeremy kyle's cancelled

[@Molesy66]

Tom Oreilly 😂😂😂

[@safeenachoud1903]

Tom Oreilly 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏿‍♂️

[@briansilver6196]

Ha ha ha quality remark

[@johnglynn7975]

I

[@oddity4650]

Ha lets all get stoned and or drunk

[@richardjames123]

Question time used to be EPIC! That purple haired woman. 🤣

[@raijinenel3116]

Russel seems like a child here compared to how he is today.

[@ryanjones5594]

It's amazing how many people seem unable to recognise that there are issues raised by both that need to be tackled

[@ciaranjones9449]

Having a screaming match is far more important, after all.

[@thea-dog1157]

Agreed.russle brought up a really good point that needs to addressed even if it wasn’t relevant to the specific question

[@aperson4051]

They're both right. Missed opportunity for them both to come together and show the people the power of unity

[@fuck_youcallumscorner7752]

@@thea-dog1157 Russell tries to push regulation on economy to solve the problems, so he would create more problems that we have already if he got his way

[@cugir321]

You nailed Russell. Russell has ignored stolen elections for 50 days! 2000 mules.

[@cervantescisneros712]

Funny thing is that they are both right. Massive immigration and Bankers are both taking massive economic resources out of the lower and middle class.

[@rhinoshenanigans]

Was about to comment this

[@Anawackp15]

yeah but you have to remember Russell is a champagne socialist, so, like Owen Jones needs to shout abuse, ''WAAHHHH YOUR BLAMIN FOREIGNERS'' how? ''uh BY SAYING THAT MASS UNCONTROLLED MIGRATION SHOULDN'T BE FORCED ON THE POOREST FAR RIGHT FAR RIGHT'' same old leftwing nonsense we hear daily coming out of the Guardian, New European, the independent, Question Time audiences, lib dems leftwing, liebour leftwing, SNP leftwing, Greens leftwing, y'know, the establishment against the people. Anyone who opposes their policies must be attacked. Same old same old we move.

[@28gs28gs]

@@Anawackp15 how do you feel about 80billion bonuses and tax loopholes for millionaires? it seems like that 80billion spread across the working class would ease pressure from immigration overcrowding before they can come up with a permanent solution... no?

[@Anawackp15]

@@28gs28gs How do you feel about mass uncontrolled migration being forced on the poorest while leftwing champagne socialists virtue signal on the matter and pretend it isn't a problem? And no, we already have an unaffordable state dependent class that's put us in insurmountable debt.

[@28gs28gs]

@@Anawackp15 i think it sucks just like you do 😂 but until it can be fixed, wouldnt the extra 80 billion help? 😂😂😂 and if you think billionaires are diffrent between left wing and right wing youre sadly mistaken 😂 they all couldnt give a fuck 😂😂

[@big-muff-pi6723]

“Pound Shop Enoch Powell” says the Pound Shop Jimmy Savile. If brains were dynamite, Russell Brand couldn’t blow out a candle.

[@martinfisher7803]

Russell Brand , a pound shop James Saville

[@PhilipMarcYT]

Show some actual evidence than believing what MSM says, 🤡.

[@toiletrollholder]

​@@PhilipMarcYTthere's footage of him inappropriately caressing a young girl's chest in front of TV camera. It's been viral for years.

[@jonathanharrington7950]

Shut it everyone and listen to David Attenbrough.

[@kucingdterbakard3765]

Right or left listen to big Dave A

[@matthewmalpeli]

The left seems pretty much on point with Big Dave. The right, not so much

[@dholaholics]

Lolll

[@matthewsummerfield80]

Listen to his views on over population? Care to tell everyone immigrant or local to have far fewer children? Ignore the point mate 🙄 core of whats wrong now!

[@olliedylan1381]

Black, white, blue, purple, Christian, atheist, Buddhist, human, llama, turkey, zebra, , whatever you are, listen to David Attenborough. We gotta fix the planet for its too late. It’s all well and good arguing over a political believes but there won’t be a government if there isn’t a planet left

[@todorkolev7565]

As a Bulgarian immigrant in the UK, I cannot stress strongly enough the inadequacy of Mr. Brand to present ANY logic or ANY value to the debtate whatsoever. Unfortunately (for me), Mr. Farage makes sense on many levels. However, I would like to use the attention you have given me to remind you that a proper debator would eventually defeat Mr. Farage's arguments. The truth is, that people like me: young, healthy, educated and hard working immigrants are a big part of what keeps the UK a growing world power. I work for a company that exports very high value products and my job is such that no British engineer wants to do. You kick me out, you lose the #20k per year that I pay in taxes, so that some UKIP voter could get pissed in a pub in 11AM, on a working day.

[@LordPingas]

Todor Kolev I'm young, healthy, educated and hardworking, but I'm British. I guess that means I'm no longer entitled to "hard worker" status.

[@todorkolev7565]

LordPingas Why would it? You put a hard day's work consistently for years over years? You use some of your free time to give your career that extra boost? If so, you are a hard-worker, regardless of your nationality. I hope what I wrote previously did not imply that I consider only immigrants to be hard-workers. I do not mean that and I think it should take some subjective perception to derive this meaning.

[@LordPingas]

Todor Kolev I know you weren't. I was just making a sarcastic nod to the whole cultural misconception that British people are lazy.

[@todorkolev7565]

LordPingas Most southern Europeans are and the proof is in the pudding: UK - a large, successful economy. World leaders in technology and culture. Italy? Spain? Greece? Bulgaria? Portugal? ... However, hanging out in pubs, I hear people's opinions and my sample shows a clear affinity for the unemployed to blame other peoples for their situation: their job is "stolen". Let me ask this: If someone comes all the way from the other side of Europe, he does not speak the local language, he does not have savings, he does not have a home and he does not have connections - if that person takes "your" job, doesn't it mean that you don't really want it in the first place? Another question: If I pay 20k GBP of tax in all it's forms and shapes but I don't get anything in return (our company exports products outside of the UK) - who benefits from this tax? (the answer is somewhere in question one) If house prices go up because of immigrants, who benefits? The immigrant who has no house or the local population = the vast majority of house owners. And so on and so forth...

[@dannywithnuggets]

Todor Kolev We aren't growing m8 we're going down in the world index. So don't use that as valid point. We need to make our own rules. Vote UKIP

[@jerrytaylor146]

Just cannot take Brand seriously ever since he and Jonathan Woss publicly humiliated Andrew Sachs Grand Daughter ....true colours on display that day.

[@christopheralexandrou9294]

Must agree that Russell and Nigel both have a point , there is a lot of issues that need to be addressed.

[@HdHd-hp6qz]

Farage is a rat if you’re a poor person. If you earn less than 100k a year after year Nigel farage is your enemy.

[@dermotmcmulligan1574]

The expression at 1:51 is priceless

[@hamishphistopholoes6540]

🤣

[@izzyauna8814]

Oh and the blue hair yells racism. How original.

[@ronspannermanread]

STAACK J YES YOUR BANG ON

[@ronspannermanread]

WELL SAID

[@oddity4650]

If he is racist dont it mean a lot if someone says no to immigrants?

[@nezmustafa4271]

she's a communist loon, Bunny La Roche her name is look her up.

[@oddity4650]

Racists are abrigementing elements in there crainum

[@jimbrown4456]

Glad Russell now understands division is the goal

[@williamlee3534]

The looks on the faces of that man and woman at 1:50 spoke volumes as that pound shop comedian and campaigner was vomiting his bile. Well done to gentleman at the front for making his voice heard and then, as if on cue, enter the fishwife with the blue hair that looks like she might have been an extra on Citizen Smith back in the 1970s. Wowsers!

[@jeromekrupp3116]

Where’s Nigel Farage now... I wonder if he has an HGV license.

[@tombartram7384]

Sorry it's LicenCe. Grrrrr!!

[@wolfiesmith7674]

He’s in my iPad advertising financial services. I didnt ask him to come here but I want to send him back.

[@Samouraii]

He's invested in Lorry services and Petrol companies

[@machidaman]

Living in Germany i imagine. His mate Andrew Neil likewise comfortable in South of France. Living life brexit syle.

[@Legionary04]

He has moved onto the next cash cow.

[@tagapiouplayz3737]

Farage had a good point for him to respond to, and all I heard in the first 3 minutes was brand hurling personal insults at farage instead of actually answering the question

[@piximarie3]

Russell even admitted that there are loop holes but didn't specify on if it would be possible to fix

[@AsloAso]

Tagapiou Playz Thats all the socialist left are capable of.

[@Sylar1968]

Aslo Olsa Socialist left 😂 The same could be said for the right; all we hear is immigration and the evils that it creates. And yet, the same energy wasn’t applied to the government in bailing out the criminal bankers in the 2008 financial crash. 642,000 people migrated to the UK last year, while 402,000 emigrated, which is 240,000 people net. Are you telling me that’s putting a strain on our economy? The fifth largest in the world? Immigration isn’t putting a strain on British workers; austerity measures implemented by the Tory government are putting a strain on Britain.

[@garysturgis11]

I noticed the same thing. Nothing but ad hominem from Russell.

[@imovertheocean]

you sound triggered

[@MrVidification]

back before Russell Brand saw dollar signs in social media

[@Dr.Fluffball]

I’m so happy I’m not in that room 😂

[@SweetPink0884]

I wanna see this debate again based on the Pandora papers revelation!!!!!

[@Melfichair]

Asia for the Asia, Africa for the Africans, White countries for everyone.

[@Melfichair]

Saudi Arabia? LOL

[@NigerianCalledSamMighty]

Says who?

[@NigerianCalledSamMighty]

There's a country in Africa where the leader is Indian. No one gives a shit

[@ryanstar1233]

Because you fucked up all the Asian and African countries

[@Melfichair]

haha yes because Japan didn't completely wreck China for centuries or anything.

[@fluidjazz]

....I wonder if Brand has apologized to Nigel yet?

[@captur69]

That was one of Russell's conquests shouting at nigel no doubt 😅

[@truthhurts6958]

BBC audience 89% lefty 11 % middle too right . How unusual

[@Tombombadillo999]

Thats sadly not only in britain... check sweden (i live here) and ull think u live in a lefty covert dictatorship

[@anderstopansson]

@@Tombombadillo999 Ja, riktig irriterande...

[@lorcansnow2111]

The majority of the questions. 3/4 were seemingly right wing. What are you talking about mate?

[@lorcansnow2111]

@Jeremy Horne But left wing is nothing to do with race? Hahaha

[@thomaslivingstone6734]

Your understanding of the word ‘too’ is usual* 🤣

[@StephenYikes]

Back when question time was good

[@darrenaddis8279]

Nigel tells the truth middle class working man 🇬🇧

[@illustriousbreadcrumb7816]

And 10 years later in 2024, we're still in a cost of living crisis and a housing crisis, with record numbers of young people either still living with their parents or flat-sharing in single houses that have been turned into flats in squalid conditions. Why? Because landlords can get away with it since the supply of people coming in is so high that there will always be a buyer. As a 15-year-old at the time this debate happened, I could understand and see this happening in the future. Why couldn't responsible adults? I stand CORRECT 10 years later, and it is sickening that something which affected me so much, and still does, is and was, so out of my control, despite knowing what needs to happen.

[@michaelfarr1061]

7 minutes and Brand still didnt answer the question??

[@liamgbooth]

He answered it many times. Let the rich pay and not blame immigration for everything.

[@michaelfarr1061]

@@liamgbooth No he didn't!! Is Britain overcrowded was the question?? and he didn't say yes or no🤷‍♂🤷‍♂🤷‍♂

[@jonjocoleman1525]

​@@bilko777 All politicians appeal to emotion first, reason later. Human beings are emotional entities, they cannot be separated thank God. Even if we increased the wealth of the working man by blocking out immigrants, we still have corporate entities and 'bankers' to contend with just now with a wearied conscience.

[@Asad-io2bn]

Ofcourse he did, over and over again but all the while you've had a different tune playing in your head so you never heard him!

[@liamgbooth]

@@michaelfarr1061 He literally says Farage is wrong by screaming "yes!" to Nigel's second question "Do you think I'm wrong in thinking the country is overcrowded?"

[@rtownson1]

So what was wrong with Enoch Powell ?

[@firehorse74]

And look what's happening now!

[@Xyru]

Still relevant today

[@BelloBudo007]

I must have gone through scores of videos of Nigel Farage speaking and I've yet to hear him say anything racist. And yet he continues to be labelled a racist. The most he has said is that he's advocating responsible immigration policies. Control of one's own borders and responsible immigration sounds perfectly normal and reasonable. I am so pleased that some of the audience were sensible and strong enough not to fall for that loopy comedian Brand and his entertainers spin on things.Brand claims to know all kinds of secret financial 'where the money is hidden' and 'trust me mate', but in reality comes across more as someone who's just got out of rehab and is struggling with his own demons. I would not have commented so harshly but for him attacking Farage in a personal way. He was right out of order.

[@BelloBudo007]

Indeed the 'racist' term is bandied about so much these days that I believe it's almost completely lost it's real meaning.I recently watched, what I think was old footage of Douglas Murray, on the subject of very high levels of immigration into the UK. In the audience were of course, what appears to be your usual Muslim characters, and it wasn't long before one quipped 'racist' as Murray was talking. I've seen and heard it quite often, so no real surprise. What really shocked me though, especially considering that Race wasn't even being discussed, was how the audience sat there and allowed this knob to get away with it. It was as if they were drugged into a sense of simply accepting and being docile. I would have expected more of a 'get your hand off it mate' response from someone. But nope.........meek, mild, polite and compliant to the end.

[@taffysaur]

Yeah, as if Islam is a race. These people have nothing, that's why it's always the appeals to emotion ("ooh, I'm so scared of Nigel Farage and you ought to be frightened of him too!"), baseless attacks on character (as opposed to the arguments being put forth by that character), and claiming "offense" at the most innocuous shit imaginable in order to demonise and dehumanise their opposition, dimming the cognitive dissonance and letting the ends justify whatever horrible, heinous means might cross their fancy. Brand is nothing but a vacuous demagogue and you were completely justified in being so harsh. His sort go about crowing about how virtuous they are without any _actual_ standards or principles to refer to (just whatever _feeels_ nice. To them. At the moment), and instead equipped with a furious countenance and personal attacks. Bitch plz. Either practice what you preach or, like the man said, _stop preaching._ I'm getting sick of the anti-wealth angle, too. Any ill of the world you care to name, these people will say that the rich (like Brand..?), the successful, the dedicated, are the problem. And no, I am *far* from wealthy myself, I'm just not on board w/tribalistic discrimination, of any sort. As you said, he implores us to "trust" that he knows what he's talking about, while giving us every reason to believe he does *not.*

[@mr7wi]

Calling someone a 'racist' is a great strategy to limit debate and examination of fact, gain the moral high ground and force your opponent into a position of self defence. Fairly common tactic from the left...

[@BelloBudo007]

mr7wi Surely it's well past time for average people to call 'enough' on the stupid Racist easy points. It's made especially worse when it's actually not even about race.

[@charliehebdo1890]

It is called left wing poker -they have the racist card, the sexist card, the islamophobic card and the homophobic card. If they don't like what someone is saying then they try to silence them with these labels.

[@googlereviewer1944]

This isn't Question Time....this is Jeremy Kyle :-/

[@googlereviewer1944]

***** The guy with the "walking stick" is the brother of a UKIP MEP..... i100.independent.co.uk/article/question-time-man-who-left-brand-speechless-a-ukip-meps-brother--x1Ji9x57Kl

[@huna1950]

Thing is with Brand Brand….he’s never had the BALLS to talk immigration…. He picks east targets that are hated by most people etc

[@bostonmead285]

Oh how times have changed. Russel brand is completely different now. I like it 👌🏻

[@MatthewLukeWarren]

This is why aliens don't want to talk to us.

[@Justyoutubeshortz]

theres a alien in the audience.. go to 1:50 see the women look at the man on her right and watch his eyes....

[@billatkin3956]

@@Justyoutubeshortz An 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' type moment.

[@Freedom-cr8jz]

Rager how did you notice that

[@pariah0294]

@@Justyoutubeshortz I don't know whether to think he has problems if you're right but I want to believe you are. Jheeze

[@SeraphimGoose]

@@pariah0294 They were both exasperated at having to listen to Russell's glib idiocy. He simply has a particularly wonky eyeroll.

[@dolmen6613]

Brand rightly points out issues about austerity, tax fiddling etc. - just absolutely nothing to do with the question (immigration)

[@arthurmorgan8529]

Because he's go no actual answer that he can back up with facts

[@romchiks]

Well, here's Russell's argument that I understood from this debate. 1) The services like NHS, Education etc should be manned adequately for such big but also prosperous country, like Britain; 2) These services are being underfinanced, especially after the crisis of 2008; 3) The fact that there is more demand for these services, than supply, the shortage appears and people feel that it is due to immigration; 4) However, makes an argument Russel, if there was enough funding, there would have been enough of these services for everyone, so take the money from the big fat cats in the City. P.S. I think that, despite the valid points that Russell made, exponential immigration of 2000s would have made an average folk to feel the stretching and the unavailability of the services named above regardless of the amount of money made available for them. Britain will do great after Brexit!

[@dolmen6613]

@@romchiks -excellent points.. I agree -the debate on immigration is a lot more nuanced than "no borders-come one come all" from Brand or "keep everyone out" from Nigel- the problem with it is people don't speak just about numbers but bring the emotion of the Racial debate into it

[@dolmen6613]

@S MM some may have done -this statistic is disputed- but a large majority of immigrants are in low skilled jobs paying little or no tax

[@dolmen6613]

@S MM -I'm more seeing the big picture - a lot of immigrants are unskilled and esp. if they arrive "illegally" (I know this is a disputed term) they often don't even speak English.Surely one of the goals of Brexit is that we can control who enters the U.K and thus can hopefully encourage those who's skills are needed,, otherwise it's just an open door - then why have any legal immigration rules at all- anyone from anywhere can come here for whatever reason they fancy - certainly very virtuous but not exactly practical... plus there is a serious environmental case that the UK is already way over-populated and that it should be no more than 20m to be sustainable.. mind you the whole planet is grossly over-populated so we're prob.screwed anyway

[@vajraloka1]

My last job in USA cut my hours after hiring mass H1B visa workers. I was there 12 years.

[@t0mhd572]

It’s happening now guys vote reform

[@timou9000]

KZbin is amazing. Gets me to watch a debate between 2 people for whom I have absolutely no regard.

[@MrRooibos123]

Exactly, I can't stand either of them

[@Zxc-yi1qg]

Whilst having a shit lol

[@superkornfreak1]

As hectic as this got, I think both sides had good arguments, minus the 1920s bank robber that started yelling lol

[@rachaelstanley7986]

You can always rely on the Blue Hair to cause havoc.

[@Anon1991]

1920’s bank robber 😂😂😂

[@RMFATO]

Russell Brand is a danger to the establishment because he’s a great orator and can communicate to the masses his truth..and dare I say it..the truth.

[@Pilkdawg123]

This aged well. How we all feeling about this now?

[@tr3vk4m]

He's a fascist particularly popular with thicko traitors.

[@kukladbob1]

Tax payers and real full time working people suffer!

[@planegaper]

Hey Russel since you got lucky, instead of legislating wealth out of people's pockets( and i agree the richest ones do control the flow of wealth), go by example and become the ultimate Philanthroper, auction off all your assets, take a minimal salary, build a children's hospital on your land for kids affected by first cousin marriages, live in a small apartment on the land(for which you will pay rent), sell all your cars except for a van and an electric bike, which you will share with migrant, as well as your apartment , where you will live with 2 migrant families.. and a bus pass.. oh no private doctors, or dentists, just nhs provided health care, your family members must do the same, as they benefit from your wealth.. Self imposed austerity would be a shining example of doing more than token virtue signalling, and this example would be a shining light to other mega wealthy to do the same ,social pressure, and boycotts of their business' make them face ruin unless they give up like you did.. That would make more sense than legislating money out of the middle class, and destroying the tax base.. welfare cant' fund the nhs, ... Islam has rules that dictate the rich must donate a certain amount of their wealth to the poor, huge social pressure to do it, and if you skimp or cheat, god help you , nobody will do business with or associate with you, it's part of Sharia, perhaps it can be adopted into the Uk's legal system.. would love the flow of huge sums of money controlled by religious scholars with zero Transparency.. Anyways think about itcome back to the fold and live like us.. since you seem to advocate for this life style.. save the planet with your shining example ..

[@JohnSmith-tj6vz]

Everyone suffers BUT immigrants

[@popeygaming6560]

John Smith where did you get that conclusion

[@JohnSmith-tj6vz]

@@popeygaming6560 seen it.

[@JohnSmith-tj6vz]

@@popeygaming6560 vast majority of immigrants are treated like royalty. You see it differently????

[@haasepete]

KZbin recommended this to me in 2021. All it did was make me nostalgic

[@anniew4105]

I wonder what Russell would make of these comments today? 🤔

[@ivettea6358]

What a Wonderful debate! Thank you, Blessings... 💜

[@henryseeney4429]

Nothing says I'm a screaming left wing nut case like having fake colours in your hair and eye piercings. I'm coming for you farage, she probably had a day pass to watch QT. If she can't act like a civilised member of society and give a proper argument she doesn't have to right to have screen time. No argument and no manners. A total mockery of the working class

[@musiclolli7280]

Why do you think it is important about her appearance? Why do you see so much difference between her and the man who decided to shout and stamp and make as much noise as possible? The people on the panel are in the position to set examples, and Russel showed Empathy and understanding to the man who was rude to him. I think Farage was far less civilised towards how he treated the woman who was rude to him. Its easy to see things how we want to see them and think thats how it is, but see how easy it is for it to be put another way?

[@davidheseltine85]

Whereas Farage's pals murder MPs. Easy to caricature voters isn't it?

[@ruthnaismith519]

working class? with blue hair and piercings she's never worked a day in her life!

[@melissam597]

Music lolli she literally threatened him, that’s illegal and inappropriate

[@ERRYKA09]

Who the hell is the guy with this funny high voice?

[@long_one5491]

hes a legend! Russell Brand

[@borrisdabear7718]

He is called russell brand I believe it's in the title

[@captahab6370]

Kinda interesting to think that they’d probably be very friendly and almost on the same general side today 😂

[@TheDerpyDrummer]

BEWARE: This comment section contains opinions

[@passionofthecrust9173]

@Sempre F Show me on the doll where the leftist hurt you

[@dashingtherouxthesnow4017]

@Sempre F left-wing and liberal aren't the same thing lmao. Also, liberals are very much pro-free speech. You've just watched a shitload of Breitbart videos and called it a day. You're politically illiterate.

[@tonyrodd6348]

No it doesn't

[@jordan12374]

Russell brands accent sounds the same as when Americans try to do a “English accent”

[@pughpughbarneymcgrew4221]

I thought he sounded like an idiot pretending to be intelligent.

[@Fab4legenda]

@@pughpughbarneymcgrew4221 good insight there, Einstein 👌🏻

[@god-fearingenglishman5254]

Hahahahah I have so much time for this comment!

[@jordan12374]

@@god-fearingenglishman5254 I’m English too bro I’m glad you agree 😅

[@god-fearingenglishman5254]

@@jordan12374 good Man! Russell Brand has changed quite a lot in recent years and I actually find it quite interesting to listen/watch his videos from time to time. He lives in a small hamlet called Aston, approximately three miles from Henley-on-Thames. I only know this because some of my family live on the Berkshire/Oxfordshire border and my Father regularly frequents a fantastic country pub called The Flower Pot, which is situated in Aston and he practically lives next door.

[@terry3494]

More people worried about Russell Brand

[@XGemz18X]

Question time isn’t half this entertaining anymore 😂

[@johnallan1134]

As I've always said it's not the man in the street we've got to beat, It's the shower in power

[@fiddlecastro1453]

Exacty. But as soon as you tackle the exploitation of mass uncontrolled migration and the effect it has on the poorest you get attacked for doing so.

[@drgreenthumb808]

Farage crushed Brand... How incredibly unsurprising

[@saradawn9385]

Hmm, I must have watched a different clip than you...

[@jordan9318]

+the shadow knows you sound like one of those idiots who thinks it's shines out of yours

[@jordan9318]

+the shadow knows you sound like one of those idiots who thinks it's shines out of yours

[@FaithsFallen]

Russell may be many things but he is one thing, an ex addict a man that hit the worst parts of his life and faced his daemons a working man a man that had nothing but got some great breaks in life. He is the voice of the people that had nothing he is the voice of the true reality of this country and EEC. Farage on the other hand was part of the machine that made my country something I'm ashamed of, i feel saddened to be British we are becoming an abhorrent nation of toff nosed racists that think we are better than everyone else . If it continues i hope the more enlightened people of this country leave and the rest of you ... well i hope this country degenerates in to poverty so you have an idea of what some of the poorest nations which you see yourself above have to deal with.

[@gowest8397]

Maybe the drugs just took him to another place where he can shill for the globalists agenda while acting like he cares about people he doesn't know.

[@hohohohehehe6910]

One minute farage says he wants to control the number coming in, then the next minute, he says he wants to let more people in.

[@kenneth2656]

Brand says Farage is not a cartoon character but Brand himself is exactly that.

[@ajs41]

Have you watched his latest videos? He's now practically a Farage supporter. This was 7 years ago.

[@dominickeefe2454]

Question Times a bloody joke

[@munsterr777-iz2ow]

Farage - right about immigration, or at least they could spend on other improvements instead of WELFARE. Brand - right about the root of the problem which is the BANKS

[@hilolhru]

The difference however is that your country operates democratically and each banker, just like each builder only accounts for one single vote next national election. Make sure you vote for the populist right wing, Britain, whichever option you have. Labor and Tory are just left and right wing globalism. Nationalism seeks to strengthen the population with a set of cultures and beliefs everyone can agree upon; a unifying national identity. Globalism seeks to centralise control to a few power hungry imperialists.

[@samuelehret-pickett7983]

@@hilolhru Won't be labour or tory this election I reckon

[@berniediapersanderslukso9204]

Is it because banks don't give free money? The government gives free money to useless lazy people. THAT is the problem !

[@arkanraznatovic1690]

What makes Brand--a political celebrity and British popstar bigmouth bobblehead relevant here? (He is clearly given talking points by whomever writes for his party and serve as a mere delivery vehicle but with no substance or relatability to the common folk) otherwise it's about as bad as Schwarzenegger or some other big name American celebrity running for office here. I dont get it. The point, fet a person involved in gov to argue with Farage just not a media pawn

[@oyoyism]

Argument against that, if public services were funded properly and all the issues farage raised disappeared (primary schools, nhs waiting times, housing etc) would you still have an issue with immigrants?

[@carparkcampers8407]

Brand needs to get a room with izzard 😂

[@kevinallsop5788]

So the ones that are saying we should have unlimited immigration which will require us to build 200,000+ houses a year to house them, are the same ones saying we need to cut our carbon emissions to zero in 30 years time and also protect our wildlife.

[@user-jw5xc4uh9t]

Russell Brand has his own idealistic world

[@connorwilliams8127]

It's well documented that rich people horde wealth

[@mattlucas8016]

@@connorwilliams8127 yes but they made their money and can do whatever they want with it. Weather it’s right or wrong it’s the way life is

[@connorwilliams8127]

@@mattlucas8016 of course you should be able to keep the money you make, however i dont agree that you should be able to avoid paying back into the system that allowed you to make all of that money in the first place, Britain's tax loophole problem is far to big, Billions of pounds taken out of British pockets. unfortunately it 𝘪𝘴 the way life is for now

[@frannsh5100]

I’d Stand for Parliament but scared I’d become one of them… exactly..

[@ReverseDragonCrouchingBadger]

Funny watching this now in 2023. I wonder how Brand actually feels now about these issues.?

[@craiggraham719]

Russell Brand is the kind of man who speaks very strongly of things he knows nothing about. Even in his book, "The stock market is a lot of bollocks!"... Following page; "I don't actually know anything about the stock market"...

[@EvilKris]

His channel is the same- full of preachy, wordy bollocks with no gravitas or feasible soutions, and the minute someone tells him to go put his mouth where his money is and actually enter the political arena and stand he pulls out the old "I ain't doing it, I’m just a comedian me, mate" or "nah I'd become one of 'em" in his mockney accent. His channel isn't about sincerely helping people it's about getting patted on the back and staying in the spotlight.

[@craiggraham719]

@@EvilKris Its his hypocrisy that irritates me more than anything. During that full interview he criticised everyone there for having money, ignoring the fact that he himself was by far the richest man at the table. All his argument are emotion based with no real depth. But then again, an idiot is a genius to another idiot.

[@pigstrotters4198]

Don't tell me you wasted your money to buy his shit.

[@elahrairahz]

@@craiggraham719 I would put him as a big hypocrite. I wouldn't say so much that he's a complete dumbass. Though I wouldn't say he is a genius either.

[@thelorddoctor1519]

@@craiggraham719 he wasn't critising them for having money, he was critising them for there prosperity whilst the poorer suffer the consequences

[@sillysod33]

Ah yes, of course. The sun shines out of all those immigrants’ arses. Especially in places like Telford, Rotherham and Rochdale.

[@sillysod33]

Mohammad Akbar: well, I suppose that makes the terror attacks, gang-rapes, acid attacks, welfare-scrounging and curtailment of free speech all right then.

[@honourhume5906]

I hate curry. And oily food. Is that racist.

[@AmberPanda]

@@honourhume5906 Me too......

[@foolishfool2413]

My god, sun shining out of bottoms sounds like voodoo, I’m going where they are to learn.

[@dafinker3443]

We are always on Nigel Farages’ side ALWAYS

[@shavingdave1]

Hey, who's paying for all of this? Not me!

[@barrycoomer8137]

Dyed blue hair screaming ‘racist’ - imagine my surprise

[@Truckergunners]

Blue hair, antifa not surprised

[@colinfraser8317]

Ad Hominem from the left in the face of facts

[@eeZcrew]

I mean, he is a racist

[@colinfraser8317]

@@eeZcrew How is he a racist?

[@eeZcrew]

@@colinfraser8317 gal-dem.com/a-complete-history-nigel-farages-political-sins/

[@mariag1746]

It shows you the intelligence of the public by applauding Brand!

[@oliverheber599]

Maria Gled the audience is cherry picked

[@dpurcell5]

@@oliverheber599 That bag with the blue hair. WTF??

[@marklynch3149]

Don't you mean lack of intelligence? Brand is an irritating cretin

[@stevenkaye7096]

Brands face reminds me of a football . Every time I see it I wanna kick it

[@merriedge8186]

Yes a heroin addict has a plan.

[@JWHarris........]

This has aged well

[@MyrddnWllt]

Nigel Farage isn’t actually blaming the immigrants though is he …he’s calling out powerful people who back mass immigration so they can have more control over the way the nation thinks and acts politically and so they can have cheaper labour. Ironically Brand dislikes these people also. It’s not about hating immigrants it’s about asking whether or not we need them and finding ways of existing as much on our means as we can and not relying on others. In doing so we become stronger as a nation and less dependent on globalism, the eu, and various NGOs for guidance. Again ironically Brand has begun to criticise globalism on his wanky KZbin channel.

[@EOTA564]

The rich and powerful have boiled the frog on immigration for decades with the support of their lackeys in entertainment and media. Make no mistake, these policies are hugely destructive and that is the intent - to break down social fabric to make people easier to control. Every year the numbers increase and anyone who raises the slightest concern face the chorus of ‘RACIST!!!”. Shame on these people who have facilitated this crime under the false auspices of humanitarianism and moral superiority.

[@J5X7]

Matey's wonky eye reaction at 1:51 listening to Brand is just perfect.

[@wetwhistlinwillyjohnson5743]

HAHAHA!!!!

[@ordoabchao4202]

Haha nice one.

[@SoonMrWick]

Always trust a screaming person with blue hair.

[@matthewmalpeli]

Never trust a person who judges a book by its cover. Fuck off ya conservative trash. Nobody's listening to your judgemental gibberish anymore

[@matthewmalpeli]

@M Bryant And you deducted this insight from what, exactly? Because from where I'm standing there was no punchline. Just judging

[@SoonMrWick]

@@matthewmalpeli its a joke. I'm calling it based on action and joking based on generalization. Having to explain that you treat each person on their own characteristics is or should be a no brainer.

[@matthewmalpeli]

@M Bryant Argument from common sense is a logical fallacy. relying on the vague notion of ‘obviousness’, which means something like ‘what we perceive from personal experience’ or ‘what we should know without having had to learn.’ In other words, common sense is not necessarily supported by evidence or reasoning. As such, beliefs based on common sense are unreliable. The arguments I've made here are not petty, they are logically consistent and based on evidence from observable reality. Would you like to try that again? This time without the condescension?

[@matthewmalpeli]

@@SoonMrWick I've got a better joke for you. Always trust a pound shop Enoch Powell in a Saville Row tailored suit bought off the proceeds of banker donations. Much funnier