Last week Nick Robinson took a swipe at Russell Brand’s call for the public to refrain from voting, claiming that it could undermine democracy.
He went so far as to say that in a choice between quitting the BBC and defending democracy he would choose the latter.
Happily it didn’t come to that and instead the BBC’s political editor got to pester Brand on Radio 4 in the first episode of Can Democracy Work?
During the programme Brand is asked by a member of the public why if he has such a problem with today’s politicians, he won’t stand for parliament himself.
‘I’d stand for parliament but I’d be scared that I’d become one of them,’ the comedian replies.
‘In one respect Russell Brand is already just like them; he doesn’t like answering awkward questions,’ Robinson narrates. ‘After the programme I asked him for a quick interview for this programme. For many weeks his agent had suggested he’d do one if only he could find the time.
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