According to the Mail Online, pals of the comedian claim he intends to succeed Boris Johnson and become the next Mayor of London.
Russell’s mates say that Russell would stand through an independent ‘anti-politics’ ticket at the next Mayoral election in 2016.
A spokesman for Russell said last night: “I’ve spoken to Russell and he has no comment to make on this.”
The Essex-born entertainer has appeared to have ditched his budding movie career in favour of starting a ‘revolution’, which he described on the Jonathan Ross show as an ‘alternative society’ out of ‘hundreds of alternative societies’ we could adopt.
Russell recently split with girlfriend Jemima Khan after over a year of dating.