Patrick Christys rips apart Labour's pathetic excuses for cosying up to Russell Brand

Patrick Christys has ripped apart Labour's pathetic excuses for cosying up to Russell Brand in the past.

This week, the comedian was banged up in HMP Wandsworth - known for its filthy and overcrowded conditions - for 10 years and six months for rape and sexual assault.

Since Brand's conviction, Labour's past dalliances with the media personality have been dug up and exposed - with added hindsight of the comedian's criminal record.

Ed Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, was just one of Labour's leading men who was accused of "cosying up" to Brand back in 2015.

As Labour leader, Mr Miliband sat down on Brand's YouTube show in a bid to appeal to younger audiences during the election campaign - which Labour went on to lose.

The interview was recently revealed to have been coordinated by Mr Miliband's Chief of Staff, the current Education Secretary, Lucy Powell.

While Mr Miliband said he "deeply regrets" the interview, Ms Powell appeared to defend her decision.

Insisting the interview had taken place in a "different era", she argued "lots of people from Hollywood to the BBC" had handed the comedian a "powerful platform".

She claimed Brand had approached the party first.

Discussing Ms Powell's explanation for Ed Miliband's 2015 interview with Russell Brand, Patrick challenged the claim the meeting took place before the social media age.

"Sorry, what was that? What does that even mean?" the GB News star exclaimed, sitting down on Off the Record.

"It turns out she tweeted almost 12,000 times by the time she set up the interview with Ed Miliband and Russell Brand."

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"So as far as she was concerned, she was very much in the social media age."

At the time of the controversial interview, Brand urged the electorate to abstain from voting altogether - before changing his mind and calling for his fans to back Labour.

In 2015, Mr Miliband said: "People criticise Russell Brand, and I don’t agree with his message – but what he’s saying, a number of people are thinking, which is that politics doesn’t feel like it speaks to them."

After a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court, the comedian was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

The conviction and subsequent sentencing triggered a furious response over the behaviour of Britain's biggest celebrities - and how they have tainted politics.

On Wednesday, Mr Miliband expressed remorse for his interview with the rapist, telling Channel 4: "What Russell Brand did was horrifying.

"It was horrifying, and all of my sympathies are with the victims of Russell Brand.

"And of course, there are further allegations about him as well as the crimes he’s been convicted of.

"If I had known then what has come to light, I would, as I’ve said before, never have done that interview. And as I’ve also said before, I deeply regret doing it."