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($2,216,201 US) on a Hollywood Hills mansion. But self-styled revolutionary
Russell Brand decided he was the right man to lead a protest against
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<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/dcgere/> Russell Brand kicks off
his ‘revolution’ with protest over billionaire property developers –
conveniently ignoring the fact he is a multi-millionaire
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He may have shelled out £1.4million ($2,216,201 US) on a Hollywood Hills
mansion. But self-styled revolutionary Russell Brand *decided he was the
right man to lead a protest against inflated house prices in a fashionable
area of London which he frequents*.
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Dressed as a street urchin, the comedian led his first action against
Britain's richest MP Richard Benyon and his brother Edward after their
family firm bought a housing estate and inflated the rent. More than 90
households within The New Era Estate in Hoxton, East London, fear the plan
to charge 'market rents' will treble their bills.
*The star, who is worth £9million ($14,247,007 US), invited people to join
him for a day of 'Dickensian fun' to protest against the 'three Scrooges'*
- Boris Johnson and the Benyon brothers. He was seen attaching a fake
eviction notice to a Benyon Estate property and hanging a banner which said
'social housing not social cleansing' to the scaffolding.
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'As you know property developers – in partnership with corrupt, inept or
lazy politicians – have created a housing crisis for ordinary people all
over the world,' he said on his website. 'I bet your rent is soaring; I bet
you are finding it hard to pay. It's especially bad in cities, and for this
first action we want to focus on London.
'In Hoxton, East London there is a diabolical situation that we need your
help with. The New Era estate provided affordable homes for ordinary
working families (they ain't that ordinary I hang out with em – some of em
are right weirdos). *'Then unfortunately (and I'm partly to blame by moving
in and being so cool) Hoxton became 'trendy'.*
'That's when the old Etonian Edward Benyon (brother of richest Tory MP in
Britain Richard Benyon), along with billion dollar American property firm
Westbrook, purchased the property. 'They backtracked on the deal to keep
the estate as affordable housing.'
At least 100 people turned up to the first stage of his revolution, which
had a heavy police presence.
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<https://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/idiot3.jpg>The
left-wing comedian's new Revolution book has enjoyed monumental sales -
earning the star and his publishers a staggering £230,000 ($364,090 US) in
just 11 days.*
But the sales figures may further fuel his reputation as 'a champagne
socialist' - *after he ducked out of left-wing demonstrations in London to
head to an exclusive celebrity-packed West End party*.
Two days before the 'peaceful' protest, he wrote on his website: 'Dress up
as a pauper or an urchin – pretty soon you’ll have no choice if they get
their way – and support The New Era residents whose demands are simple – to
stay in the homes they’ve worked to make their own at the rent that was
agreed.
'I’ll be there – I’m either going as Fagin or Elephant Man – I know he
wasn’t a Dickens character, he was a real bloke, but he was Victorian and
he was exploited.'
The tables were turned on Russell Brand earlier this week after Twitter
users started using a Blur song to mock him on the internet. Whenever the
outspoken 39-year-old posted messages online in recent days his remarks
have been met with the response 'Parklife' - the name of one of band's best
known hits.
This is because Twitter user Dan Barker posted a line from the comedian's
book and remarked that his writing 'feels like someone is about to shout
"PARKLIFE!" at the end of every sentence'.
Berkshire MP Benyon is a director of his family's 300-year-old Englefield
Estate, which owns 20,000 acres of land from Hampshire to Scotland. Its
portfolio includes the 250-property Benyon Estate in East London which is
now a 'minority shareholder' in the flats on the New Era Estate. His
brother Edward Benyon confirmed the family was part of the consortium that
snapped up the social housing.
DCG
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