IT SEEMED to us a bit odd at the time for Prime Minister David Cameron to criticise one particular celebrity’s use of a legal tax avoidance scheme.

Therefore, it comes as no surprise to us that his pronouncement has now come back to haunt him.

Jimmy Carr, to his credit, responded almost immediately to the criticism and described his use of the K2 tax shelter as a ‘terrible error of judgement’ and something he has now brought to an end.

Now, it seems that Take That star Gary Barlow, recently awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, has also made use of a similar scheme.

Naturally, the PM was asked to comment on this celebrity’s tax avoidance, but was refusing to do so last night laying himself open to all sorts of criticism from Labour.

What we can’t understand is why Mr Cameron decided to focus on the comedian in the first place when it is obvious he is only one of many many people making use of such schemes.

Surely, if Mr Cameron has a problem with the existence of tax loopholes, then he is well-placed to get those closed down.

Rather than picking on one person, perhaps he should concentrate instead on removing the loopholes to ensure that those currently managing to avoid their tax bill have to pay up in the same way as everyone else.