UK takes to Twitter following Trump suggestion UKIP leader Nigel Farage would make good British ambassador to the US

BRITS take to social media to shut down one of Donald Trump’s plugs for Nigel Farage to serve as ambassador, with brilliant results.

Donald Trump, right, welcomes British politician Nigel Farage.

IT SEEMS all bets are off in politics on both sides of the Atlantic.

After US President-elect suggested former UKIP leader Nigel Farage would make a great Ambassador to the US, Brits have taken to social media to shutdown his idea with a few suggestions of their own.

#BetterAmbassadorsThanFarage was trending on Tuesday as people suggested who might make a better pick. Some of the highlights included Darth Vader, a single microbe of gonhorrea and a banana with a face drawn on it, in what is sure to draw the ire of the UKIP leader.

Many people would like to see @Nigel_Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States. He would do a great job!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2016

#BetterAmbassadorsThanFarage pic.twitter.com/8j1ENavcPV

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) November 22, 2016

Father Jack Hackett #BetterAmbassadorsThanFarage pic.twitter.com/7zD1FkTH0E

— Bananas Foster (@angry_bucket) November 22, 2016

#BetterAmbassadorsThanFarage
John Oliver. Period pic.twitter.com/2eU02ZIrnU

— Ilax Joseph (@IlaxBJoseph) November 22, 2016

#BetterAmbassadorsThanFarage Found one pic.twitter.com/TZW9SC3IYF

— Daniel Blake (@DrGabsEvans) November 22, 2016

This old banana. #BetterAmbassadorsThanFarage pic.twitter.com/OPert4qS1b

— Amanda Jennings (@MandaJJennings) November 22, 2016

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— Peter Gosling (@sheridanspoons) November 22, 2016

#BetterAmbassadorsThanFarage pic.twitter.com/hrFo70LjVH

— littlejason (@littlejason) November 22, 2016

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— kath 🙀 (@KathyBurke) November 22, 2016

#BetterAmbassadorsThanFarage pic.twitter.com/U5KUSBY0f2

— Butt Naked Fairy (@TalcMyBum) November 22, 2016

Larry, the Downing Street cat.#BetterAmbassadorsThanFarage pic.twitter.com/zuUxmpAXUx

— Anna Mazzola (@Anna_Mazz) November 22, 2016

- A goat
- A crouton
- An empty bucket of paint
- A leaf I dried up when I was 8
- A burnt chip#BetterAmbassadorsThanFarage

— Ania (@ClumsyDumpling) November 22, 2016

there's only one realistic choice #BetterAmbassadorsThanFarage pic.twitter.com/MK8NaVp5gZ

— Elena Cresci (@elenacresci) November 22, 2016

This inanimate carbon rod #BetterAmbassadorsThanFarage pic.twitter.com/RHmiaJd9jp

— Joseph McGuire (@Joseph_McGuire) November 22, 2016

On Tuesday Mr Farage hit back at the government for dismissing the suggestion, saying the “dislike of me, UKIP and the referendum result is more important to them than what could be good for our country.”

“It is career politics at its worst and it is now getting in the way of the national interest,” he wrote on the UK edition of far-right website Breitbart.

The comments come after a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said there was “no vacancy” in Washington. The current UK ambassador to the US was appointed in January and typically serve four years, the government said.

Nigel Farage has forged a close relationship with Mr Trump throughout his presidential campaign after successfully campaigning for the UK to leave the European Union.

He has appeared at Mr Trump’s rallies and visited him at Trump Tower since the result, even offering to serve as a go-between between the UK and US — a suggestion politely rebuffed by the UK government.

The Member of the European Parliament is both loved and loathed in the UK. His supporters love his straight-talking style which is credited with fuelling the populist movement affecting politics all over Europe. Critics say he has used dogwhistle politics to stir up anti-immigrant sentiment and he was slammed for immediately reneging on key promises made during the Brexit campaign following the result.

Originally published as UK takes to Twitter following Trump suggestion UKIP leader Nigel Farage would make good British ambassador to the US