Who allowed a comedian into the House of Commons?

IS it true you always feel 18 inside?

Despite my (moderately) advancing years I still have the feeling I'm a youth and out there the grown-ups in charge know what they're doing. But it's hard not to feel the scales peeling at the edges of my eyes and start their trajectory downwards on spotting such things as thesaurus-abusing comedian Russell Brand opining before the Home Affairs Committee. There he was in a black wife beater, resplendent with tattoos and wild of hair, partly grandstanding and partly making salient points among the politicos in their suits.

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