A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. Over the past decade alone, US and UK foreign policy has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent human beings across the middle east and Africa. Of course I do not condone any act of violence against other human beings but the actions of individuals such as Seifiddine Rezgui are directly motivated by the deaths of innocent muslim men, women and children at the hands of our government. Read some Chomsky, read Blum, read Owen Jones, read Bakan, Irrespective of how you feel about Brand. People are so ready to discredit individuals that do not share their views ('I do not agree with Brand therefore he must be a moron'). The only reason Brand still has a voice in the political sphere is because what he says seems to resinate with people (or a select group of people). His key message however is surely relevant; we are being sold the concept of 'the west vs terrorism', 'Terrorist groups are trying to destroy our way of life' etc etc when it is clearly not that simple. The UK and US governments are responsible for a much greater number of deaths abroad then will ever be committed by 'terrorist' organisations.