This is the moment an angry mob of left-wing protesters turned on self-styled revolutionary Russell Brand as he joined them on an anti-austerity march.

The millionaire comedian had to be held back in the VIP area on Parliament Square as a group screamed 'f*** off back to Miliband' - a reference to his backing of Labour at the general election.

The group also called him a 'turncoat' for telling fans to vote for Mr Miliband's party while demanding an anti-capitalist revolution in Britain.

Brand, 40, was targeted as he prepared to speak to thousands of people who marched from central London on Saturday in opposition to Government cuts.

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Stand-off: Russell Brand is held back by a friend as a group hurls abuse at him during an anti-austerity march

Fury: One young woman, pictured in a checked shirt, spent several minutes demanding that he be prevented speaking at the event, yelling: ''F*** you Russell. I hate you. He should not be on the stage here'

But as he waited backstage a group just feet away began hurling abuse at him, demanding that he be blocked from going on stage.

One woman screamed: 'F*** you Russell. I hate you. He should not be on the stage here. Ask how much he has been paid to be here. You have no place here, you’re disgusting'.

A friend then yelled: 'You’re a turncoat, Brand. Sell me a book on revolution and then tell us to vote Labour. F*** off back to Miliband you t***'.

In the footage from Saturday, seen for the first time today, the comedian spots the group of anti-Brand protesters and has to be held back by a friend who tells him to stay calm.

He then goes to shake hands with others in the crowd but at no point did he say anything to those abusing over several minutes.

Later in the film he was seen sprinting down a closed-off street before jumping in to a waiting car after leaving the stage via a back exit.

Tonight he tried to explain his actions on his Trews website, saying he felt sympathy for the woman.

He explained: 'There was one person in the behind the stage area, who didn't look that well and it was sort of fascinating because amidst the crowd of people who wanted to shake hands and get autographs, there was one woman who seemed a bit red with rage.

'She was shouting and swearing and she called me an upper class maniac and I honestly felt "oh is she alright?"

Response: Brand did not respond to the abuse as he stood preparing to speak at the event on Saturday

Exit: The film, seen for the first time today, shows the comedian running down the street, apparently to a waiting car

'That was the feeling I had, one of sympathy and empathy because I was watching someone deal with hardship and I thought, I wonder if I could help that person.

'But the organiser said not really, this looks like someone deep, deep in rage. '

During his speech to thousands of marchers in Parliament Square on Saturday, Russell Brand said it was his fault the Tories won the election.

He also said he may have 'broken the country' by telling people not to vote.

The comedian addressed crowds in Parliament Square after an estimated 250,000 people marched from the capital's financial district to the Palace of Westminster.

Comedian Russell Brand addressed the crowds on stage in Parliament Square. He said he thought he'd 'broken the country' when the Tories won the election after telling people not to vote

Brand wrote prompts for his speech on his hand. He said he felt a 'crushing disappointment on the morning after the election'

He and singer Charlotte Church, who have a combined wealth of more than £20million, swelled the ranks of families, students and campaigners from all over the country, with Church also taking to the stage to speak. She earlier branded austerity 'unethical, unfair and unnecessary'.

Brand, 40, who had previously dismissed the idea of voting, told the crowds: 'I think like most of us here I feel inspired to see people in this square in such incredible numbers after the results at the general election.

'Like most of you here I felt crushing disappointment on the morning after the election, unlike many of you I felt personally to blame for it. I thought I'd broken the country.

'My personal feelings about this movement are very, very deep.

'Without a welfare state I wouldn't have been educated, without a welfare state I wouldn't have had anywhere to live, without a welfare state my mum would've died of cancer several times.

'I am personally a product of the welfare state - not least because I signed on for eight years while I learned to be a comedian, so somewhat grateful for it.'

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Protesters set fire to a pile of placards in Parliament Square. Organisers claimed 250,000 marchers packed out the streets of central London

Earlier in the day Charlotte Church joined thousands of protesters on the anti-austerity march from London's financial district to Parliament

The campaigner, who had the notes for his speech written on his hand, also joked about his decision to back Labour days before the general election.

At one point Brand, with an estimated net worth of £9million, asked the female sign language interpreter on stage with him if he was speaking too quick.

When she carried on using sign language, he said: 'Thank you, what did that mean? That looked very explicitly like "jiggle boobs".'

As he left the stage he was sent off with shouts of 'Legend', with one female protester yelling: 'Take your shirt off Russell.'

Afterwards he posed for selfies with fans backstage but declined to be interviewed, saying: 'I'm not working today.'

The protest was organised by the People's Assembly Against Austerity, who claimed that as many as 250,000 people attended the march.

Critics of the rally have already rubbished claims about the attendance figures, saying they had been inflated and that the capacity of the area was less than 20,000 people.

Dr G Keith Still, professor of crowd science at Manchester Metropolitan University, said the crowd size was likely to be less than a tenth of that estimated.

'These types of "claims" about crowd numbers are typically over-inflated,' he said.