Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectators' Daily Politics podcast.

I'm Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday Roundup.

The comedian Russell Brandt has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse

this week by five alleged victims. Brandt's case is just the latest in a litany of scandals

that have rocked the world of entertainment.

Koonesburg asked cleverly if he thought there were wider questions the industry must answer.

Clevverly agreed and suggested that abuse was particularly challenging in places where

there are acute, differentials in power.

I only want to ask you about the scandal around Russell Brandt and this alleged appalling

behavior.

Now some years ago you described him as a vacuous narcissist but I wonder in a wider sense

do you think from what we know now that there are wider questions that the entertainment

industry must answer?

So I think there are some real challenges where you have these very, very acute differentials

in power, whether that be in the entertainment industry, whether that be in politics and

we see this in the commercial world as well.

And I think we have to be particularly careful when we listen to the voices of the people

who are relatively powerless because we I think collectively have missed opportunities

to do the right thing and into being much, much earlier and we've got to, we've got

to be better at this.

Did you think there are questions for the industry?

Sadly I think there are.

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