It’s for a completely opposite reason than those cited by far-left American entertainers, such as Barbra Streisand, Alec Baldwin, and Tim Robbins. They want more state socialism; Caine has had enough:

“Tax got to 82 per cent [in the 1970s] and I thought this was kind of unfair,” he said. “Also, I see… that the government has taken it up to 50 per cent and if it goes to 51 I will be back in America.

“I will not pay the Government more than I get. No way, ever. So they’ve reached their limit with me. That’s the lot.”

Sir Michael, 76, who is worth an estimated ?45 million and who currently lives in between homes in Surrey and Chelsea, said that he believed many other figures from the entertainment industry would also follow suit and that Britain would lose many of its most talented stars.

“That’s what will happen to a lot of people,” he said. “You know how much they [the government] made out of that high taxation all those years ago?

“Nothing and they sent a mass of incredible brains to America. Yes they did. The most stupid act you’ve ever seen in your life.

“We’ve got three and a half million layabouts laying about on benefits and I’m 76 getting up at six o’clock in the morning to go to work to keep them.

“Let’s get everybody back to work so we can save a couple of billion and cut tax, not to keep sticking it on.”

Caine is not the only British talent complaining; among others, Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber has also spoken out.

I wonder if it will be our duty as Americans to tell these prospective ?migr?s not to get too comfortably in Obamaland.