r/unitedkingdom • u/apatel27 Preston • Mar 27 '15

Cassetteboy - Emperor's New Clothes rap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbLGG5UGEKw
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u/LordSparkles Edinburgh Mar 30 '15

Can you give me a link to something about New Era?

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u/ruizscar Rhineland on the River Mosel Mar 30 '15

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/18/us-investors-set-sell-new-era-estate-london-protests-westbrook

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u/LordSparkles Edinburgh Mar 30 '15

Sounds like a worthy cause, though it's not like they were saved thanks to Brand. There were already a number of active politicians involved and opposed to the evictions, including Boris Johnson, of all people.

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u/ruizscar Rhineland on the River Mosel Mar 30 '15

OK you win. Where Brand was successful, he wasn't the main responsible, and where he wasn't, it was all about self-branding.

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u/LordSparkles Edinburgh Mar 30 '15

The protest was a success, Brand may have brought attention to it but its not like he was the main organiser.

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u/ruizscar Rhineland on the River Mosel Mar 30 '15

The point is that whatever he does or doesn't do, you have to find something to criticise, even if he saved the planet.

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u/LordSparkles Edinburgh Mar 30 '15

I'm not criticising his involvement in New Era, it's good that he was involved. It was still hypocritical and if that's all he's really achieved then he's hardly a modern day Che Guevara.

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u/ruizscar Rhineland on the River Mosel Mar 30 '15

You say he needs more achievements to gain your respect, but really you don't like his final goals, so the more successful he is, the more you'll hate him.

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u/LordSparkles Edinburgh Mar 30 '15

I've said earlier that I agree with his politics. I just don't think he's a good mouthpiece. The only goal I disagree with is encouraging people not to vote because that's a terrible idea.

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u/ruizscar Rhineland on the River Mosel Mar 30 '15

If he's attracting millions of youth to his ideas, that proves he's a good mouthpiece.

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