I skimmed Russell Brand's Wikipedia page just now. He's quite a guy.
Maybe I wouldn't vote to put him in a position of power, but it looks as though our thinking is similar in some ways. Like most of us extreme left-wingers, we don't see religion per se as being the enemy. Neoliberal capitalism is what's going to kill us all, and while religion can work for good or for ill, it has been known (MLK Jr., the Dalai Lama, etc.) to be one of the few ways we can advocate values that aren't just financial.
Maybe I wouldn't vote to put him in a position of power, but it looks as though our thinking is similar in some ways. Like most of us extreme left-wingers, we don't see religion per se as being the enemy. Neoliberal capitalism is what's going to kill us all, and while religion can work for good or for ill, it has been known (MLK Jr., the Dalai Lama, etc.) to be one of the few ways we can advocate values that aren't just financial.