The main binary opposition in this interview is between both speakers themselves, both of them have completely different views, which therefore creates arguments and conflict between Russel Brand and Nigel Farage. Their views on political ideologies do not have any similarities at all, and as we can see in this interview, both of them want their points to be heard by the public/audience.
In this interview, we can see that Russel Brand is representing the working class. He relates to the audience much more in comparison to Nigel Farage. Russel Brand says during the interview to the audience that he is 'just like you'. Which shows he can relate to the audience and engage with them, and most of all understand where they are coming from. He also talks about being brought up in a similar environment as the audience, and tries to turn them against Nigel Farage, by saying that Nigel was brought up in a more privileged environment. By Russel doing this, he can get the audience to level with him more easily as he shows them he understands their struggles.
In this interview the main binary opposition is both speakers views ( Russel Brand and Peter Hitchens ) on drug addiction being a crime or not. Their views on criminal ideologies differ quite a lot. Hitchens believes that drug use should be a criminal offence and that drug addictions shouldn't be treated as a "disease". Whereas, Russel believes drug addictions should be taken more seriously. Therefore, due to them both having completely different views on the way drug addiction should be handle, this created conflict between both speakers. Russel Brand can be seen to sympathise with the whole topic as he went through drug addiction himself. He believes that people with drug addictions should get proper care/treatment, instead of thrown into jail for it being a criminal offence. Therefore, due to both of their views being completely different, there is a lot of conflict about what is right and wrong and both want what they have to say to be heard.
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