Me neither

I absolutely detested Brand from the instant I first saw (let alone heard) him - never paid money to see him do his "comedy" (which was mostly just "I like raping people"), avoided/turned off any TV programme I saw him in, never watched any of the films he made, and considered the books he published an insult to literature. It's not a story about "us" or "the left" - it's a story about the culture of the media, just as Savile was and Walliams is

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on November 11th 2026 at 18:38:11

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Walliams (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 11, 08:48:51
- Despicable behaviour with disgusting consequences on the victims. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 11, 18:05:26
  - Maybe he’ll jump on the populist left wing band wagon like Brand (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 11, 20:44:57
    - However, how about jumping in on the main content of that, which is apparently your (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 11, 22:36:21
    - Left wing is not really populist right now. There are extreme left views but not (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 11, 22:32:40
- Walliams in. A difficult position, proven liar unless (General Chat) - KevinBond, Nov 11, 12:54:56
  - Hear hear (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 11, 20:48:22
- As it stands, I'm uncomfortable with him being totally cancelled (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 11, 10:46:35
  - 15 y o girls are dangerous... I remember what they were like when I was teenager... (General Chat) - promethian1, Nov 11, 21:18:11
  - Yes if hundreds of them have done it I hope hundreds of them get cancelled (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 11, 18:06:36
  - He groped a 15 year old girl's tits. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Nov 11, 13:23:03
    - I did that when I was (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 11, 20:45:34
      - 15 (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 11, 20:45:45
  - I don’t think you can have read all the stuff / watched the tv show (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 11, 13:04:49
    - or wrote the theme tune, or sung the theme tune. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Nov 11, 15:00:18
      - 😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 11, 19:38:27
  - Jesus Christ 🙄 (n/m) (General Chat) - Azteca, Nov 11, 11:01:40
  - Is there doubt he was grooming 15 year olds? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 11, 10:59:35
    - Usually we wait for these things to be proven (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 11, 11:06:37
      - ^ doubling down (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 11, 11:16:39
      - You mean whether a jury thinks a crime was committed? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 11, 11:13:53
      - You're confusing criminal thresholds with professional standards (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Nov 11, 11:12:58
  - He did groom a 15 year old and had underage girls stay at his (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Nov 11, 10:54:08
  - Well, one of the girls says she was 15 (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 11, 10:54:02
  - You've, like, read *all* the stuff right? (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Nov 11, 10:53:58
  - Come round (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 11, 10:51:53
    - What time? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 11, 11:01:18
- Wossy doing his best to distance himself (General Chat) - Yurik Hunt, Nov 11, 10:05:44
  - What is it with all these chaps getting their nob out (General Chat) - phrankin, Nov 11, 11:56:24
    - greg wallace (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 11, 14:22:19
  - Josie Long's take on the whole thing was very good, I thought (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Nov 11, 10:37:29
    - That was absolutely brillers. I saw Josie Long around 2010 time. She had a stand up (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Nov 11, 20:36:32
    - & how do you feel about the political adulation? (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 11, 10:47:15
      - There were very, very bitter arguments about this on the left at the time (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Nov 11, 12:10:33
        
        I couldn’t stand him either. It’s hard to describe to people who have fallen in with the (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 11, 18:21:56
        
        But that might be the very problem (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 11, 14:00:01
        
        Half the problem is you think anybody not far right is in a movement. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 11, 18:24:04
        
        What on earth makes you think that's what I think? (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 11, 20:13:04
        
        The Brand story is primarily one about the failure of the media IMO (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Nov 11, 18:34:42
        
        Indeed. However, whilst enablers should certainly not be ignored, we have to remember that (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 11, 18:53:02
      - Owen Jones basically admitted he knew (General Chat) - phrankin, Nov 11, 11:57:43
  - A bit harsh (General Chat) - norwaay, Nov 11, 10:18:24
    - Just going on Allen's interpretation of the remarks (General Chat) - Yurik Hunt, Nov 11, 10:22:23
      - You're right - sorry (General Chat) - norwaay, Nov 11, 10:25:49
        
        You're not supposed to apologise on the wrath (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 11, 10:48:36
        
        😄 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Nov 11, 10:52:28
- vast numbers of people just laughed along with all this stuff for years (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 11, 09:45:49
  - i didn't (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 11, 10:50:11
    - Me neither (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Nov 11, 18:38:11
  - I had no idea that Walliams was problematic like that (General Chat) - norwaay, Nov 11, 10:20:40
    - Brand was (& I was referring to him really) (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 11, 10:32:07
      - That joke was weird af. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Nov 11, 10:36:04
- You have to feel for Matt Lucas though (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Nov 11, 08:54:33
  - Little Britain was incredibly popular at the time (General Chat) - shoddy, Nov 11, 09:29:12

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