Russell argues genuine change needs public support

Yesterday's Guardain carried a full page article written by Russell Brand. It was a follow on to the  interview he did with Jeremy Paxman some weeks back.

The piece, as was the Paxman interview, a criticism of democracy as it is lived in the western capitalist world.

Brand talks about the possibility of being a hypocrite - something that can be levelled at anyone who says anything.

But there is an honesty about the article, there is a a clarity to it that makes it stand out.

In different ways it talks the language of the Brendan Hoban article in the November Furrow. It's the style of Dermot Lane on the ACP site. And light years from all the pious words that seem so meaningless.

It's real. It provokes discussion. It's believable.