And here's former Defence Secretary and current boss of all spying agencies, Malcolm Rifkin, saying that he can basically do what he want for whoever he wants. I have to earn my income, but when I'm not doing something, I can do what I like. I'll do what I bloody well like. Give us 5 grand, I'll do what you like as well. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Edward Snowden, hero or villain? Well, he's a hero. She's prepared to risk being shot by the CIA and live in Russia for the rest of his life. To expose the degree to which our government are spying on us and always looking for more reasons to continue spying on us. Here's William Hague saying that all of us should be spied on so that we don't turn into Muslim teenage girls and join ISIS. This can be an example of why it is necessary to update the government's powers to intercept communication... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Experts say this latest revelation means no one can really trust the security of their mobile phone. That phone that you consider a private like that, you sort of like, let's say you're on it and your girlfriend tries to look. You sort of go like that. Well, you've gotta go like that now to the whole government. And you can't because they're in there looking at it. There's no quick fix, they say. And mobile phone companies are hopelessly insecure. It's Nokia here. Do you like our service? Are... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Hello, I'm Russell Brand. This is my YouTube channel. We want you to subscribe and participate in it. This YouTube channel is gonna analyze media. It's gonna dismantle media. It's gonna create a new frequency of truth. That's what we called it. The truths. We regretted it a bit already, but even Twitter is a bit of a stupid name, isn't it? You think if they could change it, they would change it? Course they would. Truths. So, yeah, we'll be analyzing media. Send us your comments and tell us w... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Hello. Welcome to the truth. Is Donald Trump actually going to become president? Of course he bloody well isn't, but he might make politics even more bloody ridiculous while he's trying. Boom. It's too much like a baby, doesn't he? Ohh. Don't ever say that, Donald. Why? Why not say that? Why not imply a woman's menstruating Mexican folks? They're rapists. Do you actually think that? No, stop saying it then. No one builds idiots like Donald Trump. Border Patrol. I was at the border last week.... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
If more people are gonna watch the show, if it's called immigration St. call it immigration St. Don't call it complex issues of displaced people from the round the world because of our colonial past and continuing interventionism of corporations and capitalist ventures unsettling people St. and wants to watch that. I've got bored saying it. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
In 2010, Goldman Sachs, I think it got quite a lot of money. They lost a long running court case over unpaid tax, owing the government 40 million, but negotiated a deal with David Hartnett. Hello, I've got a heart net. I'll capture your heart. I need 1. He was head of the Inland Revenue. He let them off with 10 million. Over ÂŁ25 billion of tax goes uncollected each year. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
It's worth pointing out this terrible racist. Is based on a song from the film Sister Act. You know I got from sister act. What if we all pulled together as a society we can achieve everything and save the nunnery. No some fucking good racist chance. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Newly released documents show American and British spies hacked into the world's largest SIM card maker, giving them access to billions of mobile phones worldwide. The NSA and GCHQ hacked into Gemalto. Why does everything involved in this sound evil? We are commando. We will provide you with SIM cards where TCHQ will spy on your SIM cards. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Nose is a tool that is abused to follow you and to leave you scared and confused. Shows is like the nose. If the nose was true. I want some trolls. Let's have some trolls. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Now they want to own our privacy. Our consciousness itself is being invaded and controlled. This is not about secrecy. If you've got nothing to be afraid of, you don't need secrets. This is not secrecy. This is privacy. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
On James Turner St. today, there were very few residents who wanted to go on camera to talk about the program. That's an indication of that, actually. Do you wanna come on camera? Ohh. No thanks. I prefer to live a private life of quite desperation. Why? from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
People that can't, it's been lovely talking to you called David Cameron. Isn't Lis Russell Burns actually standing up regardless of how big his house is and coming down and open order? Maybe it's the media. This is David Cameron. As soon as they stand up. No, no, you're turning. No, anyone who's like Cameron's prepared to come out of his big house and help us. He is and is he? But Russell Brand has and thank God there is people like him who's prepared to step out and help people like us. Othe... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Philip Green, he owns Topshop, which is a good shot we all like Topshop paid himself 1.2 billion dividend in 2005 and didn't pay any tax because he says Top Shops actually owned by his wife Tina, who lives in Monaco. I'd love to pay some tax and that, but Tina owns bloody Top Shop, she lives in Monaco. Fair enough mate, fair enough. It's completely legal. It's completely legal. Only the system would have to change. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Public schools, check this out. Now, you all know that we're governed by people who go Ian and Harrow. And I bet if you went to Ian Harrow then kids are lovely and lovely little kids in top hats. They'll be sound. I'm not having a go. This isn't about class. But Ethan and Harrow are designated by the government as charities. People can get tax relief on charitable donations. Many rich people make donations to the public school where the children are being educated. Oh my God, Eaton and Harrow... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Remember also that HSBC laundered money for Mexican drug cartels and nobody was ever prosecuted for that. Look, I guess they hear it again. That is shocking. They laundered money for Mexican drug cartels. Did anyone? Oh, well, should you be laundering money for Mexican drug cartels? Well, no. Are you going to do anything about it? Also no. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Remember benefit St. don't you look at these poor people now remove any context that isn't amusing and entertaining. Continuing to look at them now. Hate them? Now go to their St. and throw stones at their window because that's what happened. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Rupert Murdoch himself managed to avoid running up a tax bill over 11 years. He saved 350 million by using totally legal tax loopholes. So that would pay for seven new hospitals a bit cheaper than I mentioned before. 50 secondary schools or 300 primary schools. So what do you want? Do you want Rupert Murdoch in absolute luxury because the guy hates hypocrisy like, Or would you prefer the schools, various types and the hospitals? Interesting. He did this by using legal tax havens. So the laws... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
That Kate Hopkins has been granted the face that she deserves. Like, it's sort of like some a face that's pecking into reality with wickedness, a sort of crow face. Yeah, You should be paying for that. Squawking face of evil there. Yeah, I'd like to break her to death with my opinion. Yeah. I mean, you could argue with Katie Hopkins, but in a way the punishment has already been administered. The punishment for being Katie Hopkins is being Katie Hopkins sloped down the ass through The Apprenti... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
The problem is still the problem. The system is still the system. The system is set up to support and help the richest people, while the poorest people have no purchase, have no power. And if one person with a bit of money, me, stands up and says, oh, I'll help a little bit. No, you're a hypocrite. Do you think they really care about me being a hypocrite or do you? Think they want to control the narrative so that no one with a voice can ever speak out about these issues? Because if they do, t... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
The world's second largest bank, HSBC, has now admitted its wrongdoing in its Swiss subsidiary. We acknowledge and are accountable for past compliance and control failures. That's the kind of language they used around that massive stock market crash. Are you going to give us the money back? No, we'd like you instead to take that money from people on benefits, disabled people and all the antipathy and anger you feel for us taking the money. Could you direct that immigrant? Oh, absolutely. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
There's a lovely article by a person called Francis Ryan in the Guardian. She makes loads of brilliant points I'd just like to read to you because they're spot on if you ask me. That this issue highlights a deeper issue says here, look away from prices, fame and millions. And the arguments that being levered against are exactly the same ones that are used against people that don't have fame or millions. What we decided somewhere around the time that we cut 28 billion of support from disabled... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
This is the latest revelation to come out of the Edward Snowden leaks. Good on Snowden. He's just the gift that keeps giving. He's over there in Russia who've begun to his head, and he's still going. I know another thing. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
This show, Benefit Streets stigmatized the very idea of benefits. Like what is that meant to be, really? People that are vulnerable, that need help are helped collectively by us all. The state is meant to be the representative of all of us. Now we've created club. We're benefits. You're a drain on the rest of us. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Those feelings of antipathy, we feel fear and anger and the righteousness, but the fear and anger and righteousness is directed at the most vulnerable people. There are legitimate targets for that fear and righteousness. They are the people in the city that have ripped us off. There are the people in the government that don't represent us. There are sitting MPs that have had sex with children. What does it require to provoke your outrage? I totally requires. Bloody immigrants. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Three years later the French had been looking at them, sent them on to the British tax authorities. 8 months after that the Prime Minister made Stephen Green appear. And his trade minister. Isn't that amazing? So after a decade of corruption and lying and treachery and skulduggery, he was promoted to the House of Lords under David Cameron. Because treachery, lying in skulduggery are not a problem if you are doing it in the right area. Lord Green won't say what he knew about the bank at the ti... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Ukip's fuel is fear and disenfranchisement. If you have people that feel fearful and disenfranchised and UKIP say, well you feel we know how you feel, you feel fearful and disenfranchised and it's because of immigrants, it's because of these people, then that's an attractive argument. What we have to do is accept that you people that are inclined to vote UKIP legitimately feel frightened and unhappy. And we need to tell them that there's different ways of addressing that problem, that you're... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
Unless you have an extra layer of encryption, all of your communications are open to spies. We've gotta have an extra layer of encryption to protect us from our own government. Otherwise they're gonna spy on sexually explicit photos. Now how is that helping us? What's the new thing ISIS are gonna do? They're gonna bomb us with sexually explicit photos. Who of? Isis, you monsters, you monsters. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
We don't hang politicians for lying to us. What we do is vilify honest people for revealing the truth to us. We're the GCHQ. from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard
You know, the mindless glamour. Yeah, too much of it wasn't there, Not enough. The elegance, the class, the the majesty of the Oscars. You know, I'm an actress. I've dreamed about it my whole life. Don't you ever dream about social justice and gender equality? Racial quality? Mostly. My dreams are about me. What about the race issue? When we heard Neil Patrick Harris here at the very end of it? I don't know if it's because of of race. You can't argue with the facts. Unless you're Fox News, th... from Russell Brand - The Trews Soundboard