LABOUR received an unexpected boost yesterday when comic turned unlikely revolutionary Russell Brand came out to back the party. .

Mr Brand, who famously said that voting accomplished nothing and urged young people not to head for the polls, called on the electorate to engage in the democratic process.

In a video uploaded to his Trews website yesterday, Mr Brand systematically went through the options facing the electorate on Thursday reserving his strongest invective for the Tories, Lib Dems and Ukip.

Mr Brand unveiled the second part of his interview with Mr Miliband and, in a rallying cry to his audience, issued a call for activism via the ballot box.

He said there were many things he disagreed with Mr Miliband on, including Trident but added: “What’s important is this bloke will be in Parliament and I think this bloke will listen to us.

“So on May 7, vote Labour. On May 8, more democracy, more power to more communities for all of us.”

He also advised voters in Brighton Pavillion to back Green MP Caroline Lucas and refused to endorse a party in Scotland, which was widely interpreted as sympathy for the SNP.

The endorsement came after a midnight visit by Ed Miliband to Mr Brand’s flat in London, the aired results of which divided opinion with the right-wing media deriding it as hypocritical.

Others however saw it as a savvy move by the Labour leader and a shrewd attempt to reach out to the disenfranchised and disillusioned.

The comic previously altered his position by calling on voters in Brighton to back Ms Lucas but this has been seen as a much more significant shift.

He said Britain is in a “dangerous position,” explaining: “The Conservative Party is planning to further dismantle our community assets, to tear apart the very fabric of our society. That’s not something we can allow to happen, simply because people can’t be bothered or don’t want to vote.

“What I heard Ed Miliband say is: If we speak, he will listen.”

Mr Miliband tweeted: “I’m glad I persuaded @rustyrockets that voting is important … and he’s telling people to vote Labour.”