russell brand - C or D?

It's the Goth version of Sweetheart Stout

Gordon Brown speaks out on this matter of national importance

"Christ, what a planet"

what is the context for Cameron and Brown's statements? questions from backbenchers in HOC or "news" journalists?

Clegg's just weighed in now too: "Kill the bastards" apparently.

Then sentence was passed, as followeth, viz. That they should return to the place from whence they came, from thence be drawn to the common place of execution, and there to be hanged by the necks, then cut down alive, their privy-members cut off, and bowels taken out to be burnt before their faces, their heads to be severed from their bodies, and their bodies divided into four parts, to be disposed of as the Daily Mail should think fit.

... bit harsh on Russell, but fair enough for Ross

the gunk tank's too good for 'em

this is win-win for everybody

she seems sweet...
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://i1.bebo.com/004a/small/2006/02/19/23/239471630a318143701b557310416s.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp%3FMemberId%3D242599832&h=62&w=62&sz=3&hl=en&start=2&sig2=W0lYp5Ciway0_5G0A0WPAg&usg=__3gbXRpaURFRowaZuG0IIlN9SyZU=&tbnid=3zHge4G0byXQ2M:&tbnh=62&tbnw=62&ei=rFQHSZrFNqPE0gStjKzqAw&prev=/images%3Fq%3DGeorgina%2BBaillie%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

longest link ever.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7694989.stm

Fantastic.

Would be better as a step-by-step illustration by the guy who does the football cartoon in the Sun

Or a big Brass Eye style animated graphic.

It's the timeline that had to be made.

For fuck's sake, literally everyone involved in this (apart from Sachs, possibly) comes out of this really badly, don't they. Why the hell Brown thought he had to weigh in I'll never know. It's the final, terrible apotheosis of celebrity culture [/rant]

oh i doubt there's anything final about this!

yes it's going to run and run isn't it.

I like it that Brown had to make that statement whilst in France, standing alongside Sarkozy during a press conference about the current finacial crisis.

you never explained what you found funny about the original 'joke'

With Sarkozy thinking that they order these things better in France. It is fucking ridiculous that Brown felt he had to say something presumbly because the story is still snowballing and if he didn't the papers would be all "Why Is Brown Dithering Over Ross Brand BBC Taxpayers Fiasco?".00 Take a stand man! It's not like those papers aren't going to shit all over you anyway.

I saw this dude on teevee. He's unwatchable

Naah: This is what happened....

GB: "So, pretty busy day, done loads, what's DCameron been up to?"
Person: "Well, he's on the news re JR/RB and ASachs (etc)"
GB: "So, if I make a statement, that's him off the front pages?"
Person: "Yep"
GB: "You write it, I'll sing it.."

i'm not offended by the original prank but if this means these two TOTALLY UNFUNNY comedians are down the dumper, career-wise, it'll all have been worth it

this is all over our paper tomorrow. scotland's finest columnist has done 1200 words on it (admittedly 1200 very good words, which do turn into a shoeing of the BBC halfway through). seriously: WTF?

good things about this story: overpaid celebrity dicks (and i do quite like RB, but he has become increasingly lazy and tedious) might suddenly realise they should WRITE SOME PROPER MATERIAL and not just rely on their, umm, "personalities" to fill in their air-time.

bad things about this story: absolutely everything else.

Wow, both the PM and the leader of the opposition weigh in on this, despite us being in a financial hole? What clever times we live in.

Didn't Gordon Brown have to weigh in on Jade Goody as well? Although she at least had the decency to offend an entire subcontinent.

presumably in both cases the MPs were asked about the issue tho? expressing disinterest would surely result in BROWN OUT OF TOUCH WITH PUBLIC etc.

Yeah in this case the witch hunt has gathered such pace that it's best that Brown half-heartedly shout "burn them" while looking the other way, rather than be castigated himself.

Has the Prime Minister of Spain commented on this important diplomatic incident yet?

This truly is the day the 00s ended, isn't it?

No.

haha, OK, there have now been 10,000 complaints to Ofcom. This, remember, is now well over a week after the show was broadcast. Bandwagon, much?

i'm not offended by the original prank but if this means these two TOTALLY UNFUNNY comedians are down the dumper, career-wise, it'll all have been worth it

― Dave from Norwich, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:20 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I think, basically, this.

what's ofcom's email address?

Thing is though that they will probably walk away, jobs and salaries intact, and some dozy producer and editor will have to take the bullet.

Welcome to British entertainment

Forget OFCOM the Guardian's having a poll.

70/30 in favour of sacking at the moment.

well, this is a whole lotta fuss over nuttin'.

wow i hadn't clicked on this thread for some hours, it's really blown up hasn't it. and OMG at that BBC timeline HAHAHA

1
When Britain first, at Heaven's command
Arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter of the land,
And guardian angels sung this strain:
"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."
2
The nations, not so blest as thee,
Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.
"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."
3
Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful, from each foreign stroke;
As the loud blast that tears the skies,
Serves but to root thy native oak.
"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."
4
Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame:
All their attempts to bend thee down,
Will but arouse thy generous flame;
But work their woe, and thy renown.
"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."
5
To thee belongs the rural reign;
Thy cities shall with commerce shine:
All thine shall be the subject main,
And every shore it circles thine.
"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."
6
The Muses, still with freedom found,
Shall to thy happy coast repair;
Blest Isle! With matchless beauty crown'd,
And manly hearts to guard the fair.
"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."

Channel 4 News was pretty OTM last night - it led with a special report on the rebel troops more or less taking the "Democratic" Republic of Congo by force, with ineffectual shooting from UN helicopters unable to stop them. "Gordon Brown has said nothing about this today," said Mr Guru-Murthy, "but found plenty to say on the clearly far more pressing and important issue of Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross."

That about sums it up.

yes, but 'they' asked him!

I seriously think that putting Ross and Brand in the stocks for an afternoon and throwing some rotten vegetables at them, would be the best solution.

GB not passing up the opportunity to seek some cheap public approval.

I would like my politicians to deal with politics.

The world is being taken over by that well-known scourge Eleanor Handcart.

Obama doesn't waste breath or energy moaning about Rush Limbaugh. He just gets on with it.

Would that our politicians would do the same.

But since they're scared of tabloid bullies it won't happen.

I seriously think that putting Ross and Brand in the stocks for an afternoon and throwing some rotten vegetables at them, would be the best solution.

― Autobot Lover (jel --), Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:16 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i would throw vegetables at them happily

where vegetables = rocks

what are your thoughts on rebel troops taking the "democratic" republic of congo by force, marcello?

I really hate it when concern trolling from the Mail takes hold.

For "Ross and Brand" replace with "Rebekah Wade and Paul Dacre."

In the first few hours after the show was broadcast there were precisely TWO complaints made to the BBC.

After the Sunday tabloids made an issue out of it the number increased, initially to 500 on the Sunday, then to 3,000 on Monday, and by yesterday it had reached 10,000.

Do you seriously think that the Mail or the NOTW give a damn about Andrew Sachs and his family and whether they were hurt or not?

No - what it comes down to is that It's A Good Story.

Stir in some envy on the part of tabloid hacks who can't deal with people like Ross and Brand being more talented and earning more money than them and it's an infallible recipe.

Channel 4 News was pretty OTM last night - it led with a special report on the rebel troops more or less taking the "Democratic" Republic of Congo by force, with ineffectual shooting from UN helicopters unable to stop them. "Gordon Brown has said nothing about this today," said Mr Guru-Murthy, "but found plenty to say on the clearly far more pressing and important issue of Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross."

That about sums it up.

― synths and drum machines (e.g. Simmonds) (Marcello Carlin)

Hey he just saved the Western World from the brink of economic collapse, cut the guy some slack.