Star Wars: The Force Awakens - George Osborne booed during London premiere
The Prime Minister was greeted with 'polite applause' but his cabinet colleague got more than 'a few boos'
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Your support makes all the difference.George Osborne has been booed by Star Wars fans at the London premiere of the new movie.
The Chancellor attended the screening of the new installment of the sci-fi franchise in London’s Leicester Square on Wednesday night along with Prime Minister David Cameron.
The movie’s director - JJ Abrams - then welcomed the pair in his speech.
Mr Cameron was politely applauded but Mr Osborne was met “muted applause, then a few boos, and then a few more boos after people realised it was OK”, an audience member told the Evening Standard.
Osborne was famously booed by an 80,000 strong crowd during at a medal ceremony during the London 2012 Paralympic games but he has since laughed it off.
It was also revealed that, although Mr Osborne is a big fan of the franchise (the Treasury is now apparently home to several replica lightsabers), he refused a request by the Star Wars PR team to station stormtroopers outside Downing Street because it “would make us look like fascists”.
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