Brits are begging Obama to move to the UK and become Prime Minister

"Petition for Obama to become UK Prime Minister."
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Sam Haysom
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Obama's presidency may be rapidly nearing its end, but from the sounds of it, at least on social media, he could easily make a political career in the UK if he wanted to.

Following Obama's post-election speech on Wednesday, British Twitter exploded with people calling for him to come and rule in Britain.

Yep, nearly 5,000 retweets. And loads of other people were tweeting similar things...

Chances are, once Obama leaves office next January, he won't be moving to the UK anytime soon.

We can still dream, though.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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