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EDL members crash a book group because they thought Russell Brand would be there

Group of men chanting 'no surrender to the Taliban' invaded a club after a false tip-off

Tuesday 13 January 2015 11:04 GMT

Russell Brand on Question Time (BBC)

A group of North East English Defence League members overran a Newcastle book club set up to discuss Russell Brand’s Revolution because they thought that Brand himself would be there.

The group of men, loudly chanted: "No surrender, no surrender, no surrender to the Taliban. Scum, scum, scum, scum. North East EDL, North East EDL, North East EDL" and refused to leave when the manager asked them to.

Later on in the video of the baffling gatecrashing incident, which was supplied to the Chronicle, the EDL members can be heard saying: "I think this has been incorrect information. It’s basically just a discussion about his book."

Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On puberty:

“By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded."

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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On changing the world:

“I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterwards.”

Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On being strong:

"Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud."

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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On grammar:

“I couldn't possibly have sex with someone with such a slender grasp on grammar!”

Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On manners in England:

"In England we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved."

Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On junkie v vegetarian:

“Even as a junkie I stayed true [to vegetarianism] - 'I shall have heroin, but I shan't have a hamburger.' What a sexy little paradox.”

Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On the future:

“People don't realize that the future is just now, but later.”

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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On sex addiction:

“Boggle with sex addicts is up there with go-kart racing with junkies.”

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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On life:

“My life is just a series of embarrassing incidents strung together by telling people about those embarrassing incidents.”

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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On happiness:

"If you want to be happy stop being so self-obsessed and start considering other people."

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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On drug addiction:

“The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help, they have no hope.”

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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On sitcoms:

"I do have a regard for the musicality of language that came from BBC sitcoms like Fawlty Towers."

Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On life motivation:

"That's what keeps me alive, perversion and star quality.”

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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On love:

“When you fall in love you recognise you're not the most important person in the world, and your focus becomes another person.”

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On threesomes:

“I like threesomes with two women, not because I'm a cynical sexual predator. Oh no! But because I'm a romantic. I'm looking for "The One." And I'll find her more quickly if I audition two at a time.”

Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On Conservatives:

"Conservatism appeals to our selfishness and fear, our designer and self-interest."

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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On surfing:

“Surfing should be called "foam-choking" or "sea stabbing.”

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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On Demi Moore:

"I've not made love to her yet, but it's a matter of time."

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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips

On success:

"When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money."

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Another adds: "Yeah he’s not coming is he? He’d be in a bigger room than this."

The video shows dismayed punters, who had come to discuss Brand’s bestselling polemic,Revolution, sitting in uncomfortable silence as the EDL members loudly chant: "With St George in my heart, keep me English" as they wait for the multi-millionaire comedian, who did not show up.