WITH another election looming, a visit from Britain's most outspoken pub landlord couldn't be more timely.

Al Murray's extended UK tour, Let's Go Backwards Together , arrives in Ulverston on Thursday May 11, aiming to "re-Great" Great Britain.

The patriotic publican embarked on his common sense campaign following last year's Brexit vote, but has taken on a new life with the recent announcement of a general election.

The nation's critically-acclaimed bar-based-Braveheart has become known as one of the country's most divisive comedy characters - a stereotypical xenophobic public house licensee, he has an opinion on everything that has stirred up emotions in the political sphere in the past 12 months, as well as some much more trivial matters too.

We live in troubling times: Europe, the NHS, and whatever the hell is going on in the Middle East. The gathering storm of fortnightly bin collections? Who knows where it will all end?

In Channel 4’s most recent update of the 100 Greatest Stand-Ups, Murray was named as the 25th funniest entertainer of all time.

His chat show Al Murray’s Happy Hour won a British Comedy Award and was nominated for a National Television Award.

Over the past 20 years he has received criticism and been the subject of controversy, with people struggling to distinguish him from his alter ego.

Arriving on stage on a motorised bar, with his trademark maroon blazer, he is instantly recognisable for his live shows, as well as his regular appearances on BBC panel shows Mock The Week , Have I Got News For You and QI .

In January 2015, Murray announced the formation of the Free United Kingdom Party, and under his Pub Landlord persona, stood against UKIP leader Nigel Farage, as parliamentary candidate in the 2015 general election.

Al Murray: Let's Go Backwards Together comes to the Coronation Hall on Thursday May 11, from 7.30pm. Tickets are available from the venue's box office.