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Farage and Brand Set For Question Time Confrontation
Other | Thursday 11th December 2014 | Matt
Tonight BBC One's long running topical debate show Question Time will be the setting for what is sure to be the most talked about political discussion since Alex Salmond's confrontation with Alistair Darling.
For the first time, Nigel Farage and Russell Brand will meet face to face after cautiously trading blows in the dailies. Although both have appeared on the show numerous times, with varying degrees of success, tonight will be a chance for Brand to test his political mettle in confronting the most paradoxically loathed and loved man in Britain.
Farage's success has so far rested on his supposed ability to communicate with ordinary people in a manner free from the double-speak and spin that dominates political discourse, yet Brand's appeal seems to be his ability to equivocate.
Whether Brand will be able to moderate his rhetoric in an effort to throw his opponent off balance remains to be seen. Here's a couple of the duo's choice cuts to whet your appetite:
