Moderators Chest Rockwell 7,886 Posted February 23 Moderators Report Share Posted February 23 A London centric thread this one obviously, but over the last day or two I've been bombarded with attack ads in Sadiq Khan, which I initially assumed must be from some Tory cunt's campaign. But they weren't. They were from this peculiar American chap Brian Rose who wants to be the next mayor. Who is this guy and where has he come from? Am I supposed to have heard of him before? His slogan is the overly familiar 'vote for Brian', and I couldn't even find his surname at first do I wondered if he's a celebrity or something... Anyway. I didn't even know we were due a mayoral election tbh, so this could be a general catch all thread for that. Here's Brian - https://brianformayor.london/ Here's a list of all the candidates - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55748037 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderators PowerButchi 8,022 Posted February 23 Moderators Report Share Posted February 23 I read about him somewhere else. He's the own brand cross of Elon Musk and Joe Rogan by the sounds of things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SuperBacon 8,553 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: A London centric thread this one obviously, but over the last day or two I've been bombarded with attack ads in Sadiq Khan, which I initially assumed must be from some Tory cunt's campaign. But they weren't. They were from this peculiar American chap Brian Rose who wants to be the next mayor. Who is this guy and where has he come from? Am I supposed to have heard of him before? His slogan is the overly familiar 'vote for Brian', and I couldn't even find his surname at first do I wondered if he's a celebrity or something... Anyway. I didn't even know we were due a mayoral election tbh, so this could be a general catch all thread for that. Here's Brian - https://brianformayor.london/ Here's a list of all the candidates - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55748037 I don't know what I was expecting when I clicked his link, but it definitely wasn't that. He looks like a weird version of James Caan. Also, he needs to calm down and decide exactly what he wants first. These can't all be first. Thats impractical. Idiot. God I hope Drillminister wins. Edited February 23 by SuperBacon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members scratchdj 2,676 Posted February 23 Paid Members Report Share Posted February 23 There’s a passing similarity between Brian and Howard Hamlin from Better Call Saul, certainly in the picture on the BBC page. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pinc 457 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 He’s the lunatic who interviewed David Icke in them Youtube streams about 5G causing Covid that got Dave in trouble with OFCOM last year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members PunkStep 6,242 Posted February 23 Paid Members Report Share Posted February 23 I think this bit is enough to paint a picture of the kind of chap we're dealing with Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderators Chest Rockwell 7,886 Posted February 23 Author Moderators Report Share Posted February 23 (edited) He didn't put it first, though. Edit - anyway, here's hoping he gets enough traction to split the Tory vote. Edit again - shit, I went and read the detail of that policy section. It's so much worse than I thought it would be. Edited February 23 by Chest Rockwell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members stumobir 711 Posted February 23 Paid Members Report Share Posted February 23 21 minutes ago, PunkStep said: I think this bit is enough to paint a picture of the kind of chap we're dealing with I was thinking of throwing him my vote but I’m looking for someone that will put Freedom of speech first. Shame. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gay as FOOK 1,571 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 I've been aware of his London Real platform for a few years. It started out as a mildly interesting, fairly inoffensive DMT is cool think tank. As Butch alluded to, cut from the same cloth as a lot of that Joe Rogan stuff. He surfaced on my algorithms again last year when he anointed David Icke his official brand mascot, aping Icke's Covid-19 conspiracies and giving them huge platform - "Because it's important to hear all sides!" - despite clearly not believing a fucking word of it. His adverts are hilarious. A real arch narcissist: He seems to be conning his supporters out of a fair chunk of change, from what I can tell. Not sure why you'd bother. Mindfulness Dollar hack who dresses like Pinstripe Potoroo doing a Ted Talk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keith Houchen 18,491 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 You just know Duane would be championing him had he not become a Tory. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members FelatioLips 2,613 Posted February 23 Paid Members Report Share Posted February 23 Did a chuckle at “Pinstripe Potoroo”. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members Egg Shen 2,394 Posted February 23 Paid Members Report Share Posted February 23 i became aware of him because he did some sitdown longform interviews with MMA fighters. Im getting bombarded with Brian Rose stuff in my youtube feed these days though, the fucker keeps popping up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderators Chest Rockwell 7,886 Posted February 23 Author Moderators Report Share Posted February 23 Yeah he's clearly spending a shit load on digital advertising at the minute... Which has worked to be fair as I now know who he is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Factotum 1,307 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Yeah he's constantly popping up before YouTube videos. It amuses me as he uses phrases that mean nothing without ever actually saying anything. Its the type of stuff I imagine he's stolen from a BE YOUR BEST SELF quote book. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
westlondonmist 192 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 I'd never heard of him but adverts for him came all over sites I was using. I wondered why he seemed so popular, maybe an independent I could vote for. He comes across as a right weirdo, his videos on him becoming Mayor seems to have no actual policies other than he believes in science and freedom of speech, which are not policies. Doesn't seem to have a real opinion on transport, crime or education. He seems scarily popular and I wouldn't be surprised if he came 3rd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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