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Brand heaps praise on Labour leader

ED MILIBAND won unexpected praise from anti-Establishment comedian Russell Brand in a highly anticipated interview broadcast yesterday.

Consensus broke out between the pair as Mr Brand quizzed Labour’s leader about his vision on his YouTube channel The Trews.

The comic initially sounded cynical about Mr Miliband challenging “powerful elites.”

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