General Election 2015: Russell Brand hits back at David Cameron with mocking tweet after PM dismissed him as a 'joke'

Tory leader said he didn't have time to 'hang about with Russell Brand' after Labour leader was spotted visiting his Shoreditch home on Monday night

Russell Brand in a still from his new documentary The Emperor's New Clothes (PA)

Russell Brand has hit back at David Cameron after the Prime Minister dismissed him as a "joke" and someone he does not have time to "hang about with".

The Tory leader was responding to news that his opposite number Ed Miliband was spotted visiting the comedian's home to record an interview on Monday night.

Brand took to Twitter to rebut Cameron's jibe, mocking him for forgetting which football team he supported and posting an ironic message along with the infamous Bullingdon Club photo featuring the Prime Minister and Boris Johnson in their Oxford University days.

The Labour leader was spotted leaving the Shoreditch home of the comedian turned activist on Monday night, fuelling speculation he had persuaded Brand to endorse him at the 11th hour.

But the excitement was short-lived after a Labour party spokesman said Miliband had visited Brand's Shoreditch home to record an interview for his satirical YouTube channel The Trews.

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And speaking on the campaign trail today, Miliband said there were big differences in opinion between him and Brand, who has never voted, famously urges his followers not to bother on polling day.

Defending his decision to accept the interview invitation, Mr Miliband said that if he talked only to people he agreed with, he "wouldn't be doing many interviews".

Cameron was then mocked for claiming he did not have time to "hang out" with Brand, with Twitter users posting photos of him posing with controversial tabloid commentator Katie Hopkins, who caused outrage last week for describing migrants desperate to reach Britain following humanitarian disasters in their own countries as "cockroaches" and "feral humans".