Russell Brand is everything that is wrong with the world
There are few stranger public careers than that of Russell Brand, the former “comedian” turned MAGA cheerleader-in-chief. He has given an interview to Tucker Carlson, another figure who has been on his own peculiar journey, and has announced his intention of running for Mayor of London in 2028, on a vaguely defined but somehow sinister platform that includes “pragmatic” democracy for “people who live in London, who love London.” He is the strutting, peacocking representation of all that is wrong in contemporary society Brand has railed against most of Sadiq Khan’s innovations, asking: “Do you want ULEZ cameras? Do you want congestion charges? Do you want this type of policing
