The Respect MP, who has voiced his appreciation of the comedian before, agreed that Paraic O'Brien was indeed “a snide” – which the Oxford dictionary defines as “unpleasant or underhand person”.
Perhaps, O'Brien wasn't praising enough of the MP in his 2013 Channel 4 report on him, in which he described him as "political vindaloo".
He handed in a petition to Downing Street signed by nearly 300,000 and also stopped for an interview with Channel 4’s O’Brien. The presenter asked the comedian how much he paid for his London home in light of the argument that the reason many London properties were rising to unaffordable prices is the wealthy buying them for extortionate amounts.
One of the protesters then interjected:
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“Snides like you undermine it,” concluded Brand, pointing at O’Brien. “You’re a snide. Right, let's do one.”
A lesson to be learned by all: don’t ask Brand about his rent. But at least Respect MP Galloway offers some solace.
The politician previously described the comedian as a “magnificent man” on Twitter, following a Guardian column he’d written on being ejected from the 2013 GQ Awards having cracked a Nazi joke at the expense of the event’s sponsors, Hugo Boss.
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