Comedian Russell Brand has been criticised by a Tory MP after the star admitted he had never voted during an appearance on Newsnight.

Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant used a live interview on local radio station BBC WM to criticise Brand for accusing politicians of "lies, treachery and deceit" during a lengthy discussion with Jeremy Paxman earlier this week.

The Staffordshire MP told BBC WM's Adrian Goldberg: "I've never heard so many big words used to such little effect.

"He had absolutely ­nothing positive to say, he just said what we shouldn't do, nothing about what we should be doing.

"It's pretty sad actually.When you start using big words - 'paradigm' and things like that - and still don't actually say anything positive you think 'what a t***'."

Disagreeing with Brand's views, Mr Fabricant added: "It's quite clear that Labour is now shifting to the left.

"We are staying centre-right so there will be a real choice at the General Election."

BBC WM apologised to its listeners for the "distinctly unparliamentary" language used by Mr Fabricant, who later jokingly referred to his comments as #T***Gate on his Twitter account.