- Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has expressed deep regret over an interview he conducted in 2015 on Russell Brand's web show during his campaign to become prime minister.
- Miliband condemned Brand's actions as “horrifying” following the comedian's 10-and-a-half-year prison sentence for raping a fan and sexually assaulting three media workers.
- Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch criticised Miliband during Prime Minister's Questions, arguing that his decision to appear on the show demonstrated poor political judgement.
- Miliband insisted he would never have agreed to the interview had he known of the allegations and crimes that later emerged, offering his sympathies to the victims.
- Downing Street defended Miliband, echoing Cabinet support that the 2015 interview took place long before Brand's conduct as a sexual predator was publicly exposed.
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