Sean

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Russell Brand never had anything “beyond cliche and gibberish to offer”, says Daniel Finkelstein. “The fact that he is now revealed as a dangerous predator should not obscure the other fact that his contributions to public debate were moronic, and he an obvious fraud.”

Newcastle's situation should teach Aston Villa fans a bit of humility Just in Jan this year, Newcastle were playing PSG in the Champions League. They had the Saudi money. They had the richest club in the world tag. They were arrogant and talking about dominating for 10 years Then the Saudi state went broke. Now they're are in relegation conversations. They went from Champions League nights to fighting to stay up And the same thing will happen to AstonVilla. Your billionaire owner can wake up tomorrow and say that he's gone. He can look at Villa's tiny revenue, look at the millions he's losing every year and just stop. He can close his wallet and Villa are dead Because Villa are nonthing without him. Villa have no global fans, no big revenue, no brand. Villa have a small stadium, a small fanbase, and a small history. Villa are a poverty club living off one rich man's charity If he stops, Villa collapse and go straight back to the Championship. They go back to being irrelevant On the other side, United can sustain itself for the next 100 yrs without anyone putting in a penny. United don't need a sheikh, don't need a Saudi state don't need a billionaire sugar daddy United can be terrible for 10 years and still be richer than Villa will ever be

Andy Burnham was Culture Secretary when Russell Brand brought the BBC into disrepute with his misogynistic voicemail about Andrew Sachs's daughter. He never once criticised Brand. Later he told him to "keep going".

Happening right now: Rioting on the Meadowell in North Shields, North East UK. Gangs of youths setting fire to property, shooting fireworks at passing cars, 12 police vans with police in riot gear, four fire engines, and massive kick offs. These youths are mostly white Britons ripping up their own neighbourhood while blaming immigrants for all their problems. This is the reality of the United Kingdom today - impoverished communities, whipped up into frenzy by the political elite and media, taught to hate and blame other vulnerable groups for their hardships, and this is the result... widespread violence and terror in local communities.

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