Jo Brand

Jo Brand is an incredibly funny and intelligent woman who has done so much for some good causes.
It was clearly just a joke not meant to be taken seriously.
We seem to be losing our sense of humour in this Country, it’s very sad. Lighten up everyone.

AdeleJay. Eggs and milkshakes for protests.? When there are people in the UK and across the world going hungry.?I object to anything thrown or any form of violence in a protest but when there are those needing food banks to survive and there are those using food as objects of violence then those doing so, and those condoning this , should be ashamed of themselves

Janmoo
JB should stick to her good causes and leave out the rest.

it was a joke in poor taste but it was not an incitement to violence.

Free speech, simple as that. Its time people lightened up and stopped freaking out over a few words. If this is forbidden we soon will not be able to challenge rotten, lying, fiddling MPs. In fact, we are already there. If the snowflake idiots win the day it wont belong before the Army Sergeant Major is in the dock for shouting.

Elvive I Agree. Indeed if people are going to attach this to a "left" viewpoint she has done the side a huge disservice. I am sire intelligent people know she is not making jokes endorsed by them!

She really should know better actually. The poor girls who have suffered such an unbelievably cruel attack do not need to hear jokes about it.

I think it was a waste of good milk shake. A

More seriously, throwing anything over a person - public figure or not - should be prosecuted. It should be shown that an attack by throwing anything on a person is not tolerated. Unfortunately, no matter how "harmless" the substance, it merely highlights the vulnerability of the person under attack.

Johno. This kind of threatening and repulsive idea does not deserve to be placed under the excuse of "Free speech".

It was irresponsible, disgusting and very thoughtless.

Bring back Danny Baker!

Two points, and apologies if it has already been said, I couldn’t wade through every post.
One: Jo Brand made a most horrible comment ( in most peoples eyes) when we know that acid attacks happen quite frequently and it’s easy to get hold of.
Two: what Farage said about ‘donning khaki and picking up our rifles’ may have been stupid but rifles are not easy to come by ( most terrorists in the UK don’t seem to be able to get their hands on them in any case.)Brand was talking about a particular person to throw acid at....Farage.
Actually, there is a third point, posters ( a few) seem to approve or are amused by her remark because they ‘hate’ NF.This needs thinking about, if the remark had been said about throwing battery acid at somebody they really like, would the comment still be ‘amusing’?Therefore, is it quite alright to have almost anything, no matter how horrible , like an acid attack, be joked about when we dislike somebody in the public eye? No, it certainly isn’t!

Not funny, it was downright nasty.

I have always liked Jo Brand, and thought her a down to earth and intelligent woman. I am truly shocked that she would utter such stupid comments, given that acid throwing seems to be on the increase and the appalling damage done to victims changes lives forever.
Not her finest hour - by along mile.

I have always liked Jo Brand, she’s kind, funny and intelligent. Her mother was a social worker and Jo devoted ten years of her life to the N.H.S. She was a mental health nurse and dealt with things that some of us can’t even imagine. She was obviously brought up to have a social conscience, which is lacking in most people these days. I did not hear the joke but, from what I’ve read, it was a bit “close to the bone”. I shall continue to be a fan, but I’m shockproof - it’s something that comes with having truly lived life to the full!

Nope Glammy that doesn’t cut it, but nice try!
You have a social conscience so can say anything?
Lived life to the full?Bully for you.

Well said Grammy 57. Saves me posting something longer! Thought of other things to say but you know I can't be bothered.

Lemongrove. Gosh, what an unpleasant remark. Perhaps you should try getting out of your living room and interacting with those who may have a different opinion than your own. Personally, I have found that people who have a social conscience are very kind, they don’t sit behind a keyboard and complain; they go out and try to improve the lives of those less fortunate than themselves! I am quite sure that I did not say that having a social conscience entitled one to “say anything”!

I precede Jo Brand's work as a mental health nurse because the building I worked in was known in the 50's as an asylum and " dealt with far more things that some of you would never imagine " so it's no big deal that she too had worked in the same field of nursing, except that it wouldn't have been like a prison in her days of nursing.

It doesn't give her the right to have said what she did, knowing that acid which is thrown not only disfigures but also mentally scars for life.

annifrance. Thanks. It does become tedious responding to these sort of people! x

EllanVanin. You have misquoted me.

So, say Jo Brand had been in the news for being doused with a milk shake.
Then some comedian or other on the BBC says that it's a pity, when people throw milkshakes they don't use battery acid instead.
Would some of you people on here still find it so funny?

She was obviously brought up to have a social conscience, which is lacking in most people these days.
Glammy perhaps you should do some more research before posting.

Jo Brand had a dreadful upbringing, according to reports, if true, and perhaps that explains her jokes against men which some may find funny but others may find tend towards misandry.
I doubt that many people could come through that unscathed but it could explain much.

it’s something that comes with having truly lived life to the full!
What exactly does that mean?

Other people may have lived life to the full - whatever that means, and perhaps heard and seen things that would horrify others, but, as well as shock-proofing, it can make them more compassionate especially where victims are involved.

Usually living life to the full tends to mean a rather hedonistic life-style.

Jo Brand has apologised for her on-air joke about throwing battery acid at politicians.

Good

I'm sure I have Glammy57------tuff !

Brand didn’t actually mention Farage so it’s just an assumption. A couple of years ago Farage spoke out about free speech and how people should be entitled to joke about anything, now he calls in the police. Snowflake or hypocrite?