Jo Brand

all I will say on this woman is if she had a brain she would be dangerous !!

I don't honestly think there is any joke in suggesting someone should throw battery acid over a politician (or anyone for that matter). This was a ridiculous non-joke and she should be thoroughly ashamed of herself. I wonder what would happen if someone said this who couldn't hide behind being "a comedian"?

It’s slightly bad taste, no more. I think generally she is quite funny, and certainly not brainless.

It’s not as if she meant it.

I usually find her throwaway comments funny. However, she has crossed the line with the battery acid comment.
Even though I despise the politics of Mr Farage.

IT IS NOT FUNNY

So we can all say anything we like now, as long as we laugh after we say it Grandma70s? I don't think so. Jo Brand new exactly what she was saying and in a sick way probably meant it too.

I used to think she was quite amusing but no longer - since she has chaired HIGNFY a couple of times, she seems to have an inflated sense of her own importance.

This was not a joke - it was just nasty.

Maybe it will cancel out Farages 'immigrant/refugee' poster. As for inciting violence well, it's pots calling kettles when it comes to Farage [imo]...

This is horrific isn't it? Talk about a comment to incite violence.

WHY are so many of those with Leftist leanings so horribly aggressive towards those whose views they disagree with? The nastiest comments always come from them.

Jo Brand is a broadcaster she should be articulate enough to discuss and challenge Farage's policies without resorting to sick comments like this.

It was stupid and horrific.

I don't see the point of that post Laibaik
Do two wrongs make a right?

And - has Farage advocated throwing battery acid over old people?

I am not a Farage fan or Brexit voter btw.

I could never make my mind up about Jo Brand, whether she was funny but near the mark or just vile.
This has confirmed my latter view.

Perhaps those who say "it was just a joke" should ask a victim of an acid attack if they thought it was funny. Totally beyond the pale as far as I am concerned.

I heard her and laughed - it's one of those quips that's funny in that moment but doesn't travel well and not funny when repeated or taken literally.

Exactly Beckett .

I have been known to ask friends "where's Guy Fawkes when you need him ?"..but I dont actually ask or advise anyone to blow the whole gaggle of eegits up.Its just a phrase ,if you get so upset about a silly remark then I can only imagine how distressed you must get at the current policies of the conservatives ...or the non policies of the rest.Life must be very difficult for you .

Almost as bad as Farages “lets take up our rifles”

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have laughed at that.

I don't think Ilike modern day "comedians".

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Aren't we supposed to have moved past the place where it is acceptable to say something like this and laugh it off as humour?

If she had made this remark about race or sexuality there would have been a hue and cry with calls for hate speech. Is this truly any different?

Brand is a typical leftie radical moron

I think I am beginning to agree with you Johno

I wish to add that I am a free speech absolutist under the law. I support the right of people to say whatever they like. No one should be sacked or feel the hand of the police on their collar just for expressing a point of view.