As a talkshow host and former presenter of Blankety empty,Paul O'Grady makes for an unlikely leader of a revolution. But O'Grady gave the government both barrels on his live ITV1 point to on Friday, labelling the coalition "bastards" for its programme of spending cuts. "Talking of nits – George Osborne, and what accomplish we believe?" he asked his studio audience. "I'd sooner have Ozzy Osbourne as chancellor. At least with Ozzy the only cuts would be the f-ing and blinding from his speech. accomplish you know what got my back up? Those Tories hooping and hollering when they heard approximately the cuts. Gonna scrap the pensions – yeah! – no more wheelchairs – yeah! Bastards. I accomplish apologise for the language,that just fell out. I bet when they were children they laughed in Bambi when his mother got shot." Warming to his theme, O'Grady slipped into an old music hall song – "It's the same the whole world over, or it's the poor what gets the blame" – and suggested viewers take to the streets "in our fight against oppression". It's enough to give the BBC compliance types a amusing turn. ITV can rest a bit easier,but it might find those contract rights renewal negotiations a bit tougher next time round.
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Source: theguardian.com