Watch: why doesn’t Russell Brand stand for Parliament?

In case you hadn’t heard, Russell Brand was on Question Time last night with Nigel Farage. It was explosive to say the least, with Brand and Farage clashing over pretty much everything. The most electrifying moment – see above – came when a member of the audience rightly pulled up Brand over his throwaway remark that Farage didn’t care about disabled people.

The fellow pointed out that the Ukip leader had ‘never criticised the disabled’ and told Brand ‘if you’re going to campaign, then stand…you have the media profile for it, do it.’ Yet instead of his usual reasoning that parliamentary democracy is broken and not fit for purpose, Brand offered a mealy-mouthed pitiful excuse for his incessant shouting from the sidelines:

‘My problem would be mate I’d stand for Parliament but I’d be scared I’d become one of them.’

If Brand bothered to watch one debate in the House of Commons or look at the wide variety of free-thinking MPs, he would know this is absolute tosh.