I've got it on with the sound down, in all honesty, I intended to watch it. I got distracted though and will have to watch it on catch up 

I can't abide the bloke ....plus he always looks like he needs a good wash !!

BB mentality? 

 

Unless you really need to hear what he has to say, then save your ears an audible bashing.

 

It was fun when it started and I love ole Russ, but he can't debate rationally. He's kind of embarassing himself now.

Its all very emotive but sort of annoying Sprout. He wrote a manifesto and its gobbeldigook 

I also love Russell. BB was never the same after he left. However his political ideas are at best naïve. 

To be fair I was watching QT.

By what I can gather though, he's still a divvie?

Dermot was the best *dribbles a bit*

 I quite like him though.

And have you seen how small his willy is??

 

Its laughable

Ah shaddup welljel  

Google it the pair of yer

You just can't help it can ya?  Have you got a problem too? 

He hasn't had many complaints... no I won't! 

And why were you googling his dinkle ? 

Oh, can those things do that? 

Makes ya wonder really dunnit Rog? 

HA !!! before you high and mighty types jump to conclusions . . .

 

His mini frankfurter appears in a biography I was bought.

And pathetic it is too

You shall never experience the majesty of Mr Nudge

*Is glad*    *Shudders* 

 

That's how I felt about it too Roger.

 

This thread has taken a turn I'm not sure about. I must go Google willy length and Harriet Harman immediately. 

Never liked him and still don't  

Hi Moonie  glad to see you around

thats the rudest thing youve ever said rog

 Thats what he calls it !

I prefer the term to Mr Nudge     who must be up there with the most terrifying characters of all time like John Wayne Gacey, Fred West and Leatherface.

 

I hope never gets out *shudder*

Brand is spot on!  He's right to talk over Evan Davis. The reason he's right, is because you won't get ANY of those arguments from anyone in the political establishment.

 

Labour are cowed by the monied self serving establishment, as are the BBC.  Many in Labour and the BBC are happy to jump where the money is.

 

People like Davis are so used to talking the language and received opinions of the Westminster village and the money that they don't know any other way of perceiving things.  The agenda according to the Daily Mail, Rupert Murdoch and the money. 

That's true - they haven't a scrap of integrity most of them. 

Just watched it. Late but. 

 

I just wish that there had been a real basis for his God complex. His articulacy would be well suited if he wasn't so up his own a**e. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...-wWU-v2ClFMwougmK7dA

Russell makes a very good job of explaining things as they are.
However he seems unable to come up with a credible solution.

That's it in a nutshell. You may use it should you wish.

I know many, many people like that

If 1/100th of what he criticised was moderated, the system would be better for most.  Let's be honest, it's hardly as if neo-liberalism serves us better than any other system.  So humanity can't find a system that's better than one that is so inequitable that just 58 super rich people have more wealth than a billion people.  Really?

 

Capitalism in its current guise is about the worst system we could possibly have.  It is hard to think of a worse system that manages to fail billions yet is so voracious in depleting the Earth's finite natural resources.

 

Take Richard Branson.  He intends to pump tons of black carbon into the upper atmosphere just so the super rich can go to space for no other reason than an ego trip.  The cost of him of polluting the upper atmosphere will be met by the plebs, yet he is lauded as a 'wealth creator' for squandering our Earth's finite resources on the elite 1%.  Personally, I hope his rocket explodes and it wouldn't bother me if he were in it at same time, either.

 

 

I think Russell talks a lot of sense,I think there is  a there is a desire to do a bit of Russell bashing because he brings elements of humour into his arguments,many people, particularly American journos,and chat show hosts,mistakenly think that he is far less intelligent  and astute than he actually is.I like to watch him wipe the floor with them, in much the same way that I like George Galloway making mincemeat of the grand jury.

He doesn't offer solutions,but he  does encourage others to less accepting of the status quo.

Not having solutions does not negate knowing that some thing is wrong.

Michael Parenti sums up my view of capitalism nicely.

 

“The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force.” 

 

(Bread and Circuses)

As I said before, and I'll say it again because I liked it.  We already know  the defects of capitalism. We've known about them for decades. Let's have some solutions.

As a clue, it doesn't consist of boycotting parliamentary democracy.

I didn't see his appearance but I know he is a pretty intelligent guy, tho I don't like the way he puts his message across when I have seen him,,

 

if he is knocking those that at least are trying some solutions but, doesn't offer any of his own just words, then that is wrong too. . At least some may be trying instead of just shouting about how bad everything is..

 

but I admit I don't know the context was just following the discussion and noticed the mention of him not offering any solution which I think is just as bad so, ignore this waffle if I am off target