REACTIONARY and conservative figures in England were inspired into a flurry of jingoism on social media this week following Liverpool and Tottenham’s comeback victories in the Champions League.  

One tweet trending on Twitter yesterday morning read: “Last night, Barcelona. Tonight. Ajax. Johnny Foreigner shown a bloody nose. Rule Brittania [sic]!”

The tweet was written by David Vance, who runs a far-right website which purports to provide “an alternative to the fake news mainstream media narrative,” but appears mainly to bash Muslims, deny climate change and promote far-right goons Tommy Robinson and For Britain leader Anne Marie Walters. 

Several people pointed out Mr Vance’s unfortunate spelling of Britannia and that the English teams’ goal scorers hailed from the Netherlands, Belgium and Brazil. 

Another account added that Liverpool and Tottenham are “managed by solid British lads, Jurgen Klopp [from Germany] and Mauricio Pochettino [from Argentina]” respectively. 

The cringe-worthy attempt to use the team’s comeback victories as some sort of proof of Britain’s bulldog spirit began on Wednesday after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn jibed in Parliament that the Prime Minister should get advice from the Liverpool boss on “how to make a good come back in Europe.”

Perhaps attempting to channel commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme, Theresa May replied: “When we look at the Liverpool win over Barcelona last night, what it shows is that whenever everyone says it’s all over, that your European opposition have got you beat, the clock’s ticking down and it’s time to concede defeat, actually we can still secure success if everyone comes together.”

Presenter and former Leicester City and England striker Gary Lineker pointed out the flaw in May’s analogy. 

“Yes,” he tweeted yesterday, “that band of mixed ethnicities with their German manager battling to remain in Europe. Perfect analogy.”