David Cameron faced intense mockery on social media after using the phrase “you ain’t no Muslim bruv” during a speech earlier this week, but now it’s Chancellor George Osborne’s turn.
During a speech in New York on Monday, Osborne said that the recent vote to extend airstrikes to Syria was a “ real source of pride."
“Britain has got its mojo back and we are going to be with you as we reassert Western values, confident that our best days lie ahead," the Chancellor the Council on Foreign Relations think tank.
He comments referenced the long friendship between the US and the UK, and its role in the fight against Daesh. He also added that he felt Britain was ready to increase their involvement in the conflict.
His statements have drawn scorn on social media, with some users who are unsupportive of the UK’s action against the extremist group in Syria criticizing his use of the term “Western values," among other things.
See some of the responses to his statements below, via Twitter.
Wtf are these "Western Values" Osborne is speaking of. I was born in the West and my values don't include bombing people #notinmyname
— jaycousins (@jaycousins) December 9, 2015
Osborne "Bombing Isis in Syria has given Britain its mojo back, source of real pride to reassert Western values" pic.twitter.com/HZwq1mwBL8
— Yoda (@JediEconomist) December 9, 2015
Is Donald Trump a beacon of Western values? Ask George Osborne: he stands "shoulder to shoulder with US and as a Tory, with Republican Party
— Peter Curran (@moridura) December 8, 2015
"Britain has got its mojo back". #Osborne seems to think he's Austin Powers.
— Laurie Penny (@PennyRed) December 8, 2015
