Ukraine's government faces backlash from UK politicians and officials after making a mockery on Twitter about the fall of Prime Minister Liz Truss. The country's official page on the social network posted a meme from the streaming and television series "Better Call Saul", a lawyer with a dubious character called to solve all kinds of problems. In the image, the character Saul wears a mask of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who left office before Liss took office and left it 10 days later.
“Better Call Boris” or “Better call Boris”, says the meme in an allusion to the Netflix series. After the criticism, the Ukrainian government took the post offline, but it is still circulating on social media.
Enraged, British people started to fill Twitter responses (Newsweek*):
“Have you considered not commenting on the political processes of other countries – so as not to alienate your broad base of support and because you simply don’t understand what’s going on there?”
Steve Peers, professor of law at the University of Essex.
Absolutely shameful. A real slap in the face to all the people in the UK who supported Ukraine and welcomed Ukrainian refugees into their homes. Such an ill-advised Tweet. Disgusting.
Andrew Quinn, consultant for a large security and risk management company
Inappropriate and “offensive” were some words tweeted in reaction to the post:
“The British people overwhelmingly support Ukrainians in their fight for self-determination against modern Nazism,” tweeted podcaster and blogger James Dart. “The British people also hate Boris Johnson. He is corrupt. He serves himself. He is Britain's Trump. Please stop idolizing him.”
James Dart, podcaster and blogger
Despite the barrage of criticism on the internet, some of Boris Johnson's supporters thanked the post and even think it could help increase Johnson's chances of succeeding Liz Truss. In the UK there is already talk that Boris hopes to become the first “prime minister since Harold Wilson” to serve two non-consecutive terms.
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