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Paul O’Grady, from Aldington, near Ashford, to quit Britain if David Cameron is elected as Prime Minister again

Comedian Paul O’Grady has said he will move to Italy if David Cameron wins Thursday’s election.

Mr O’Grady, who lives in Aldington, near Ashford, made the comments at Labour leader Ed Miliband’s final election rally in central London.

The TV presenter, best known for his character Lily Savage, said the that the current Government had been selling off the NHS and libraries “bit by bit” and “it has to stop”, the Telegraph reported.

Paul O'Grady
Paul O'Grady

In a speech to 400 Labour supporters, Mr O’Grady said: “I can’t live under this bloody Government any more.

“I am going to get a house on the Lido in Venice. I have paid a fortune in tax and I will say ‘you can have that mate’.”

He continued: “What I am going to do in a house on the Lido in Venice when I can’t speak Italian and hate pasta, God only knows. But I can’t live under this Conservative Government, this Coalition.

PM David Cameron has backed the campaign
PM David Cameron has backed the campaign

“That is why we have to vote Labour, we have to get Ed in, we have to make changes.”

This is not the first time the outspoken star has criticised the current Government.

Speaking at an LGBT Labour event in Cafe De Paris in March last year, Mr O’Grady said: “I hate this coalition Government. Literally.

"I’m often quite unspoken about them on television in fact I’ve been banned from the One Show… I can’t tell you how upset I am."

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