Nigel Farage has become the butt of mocking jokes online after sharing his Clap for Carers effort.
The Brexit Party leader posted a video on Twitter of him tapping a saucepan on a driveway with a giant grin, for the sixth weekly salute to NHS and social care staff.
The footage of Mr Farage’s regimented banging of steel on steel, viewed nearly 750,000 times, is heard against a backdrop of neighbours clashing kitchen utensils for the 8pm Thursday night tribute.
But it was not long before 3,000 comments flooded in, many of them admiring his technique and bright pink sweater-beige chinos outfit.
“Why is he dressed like a handful of liquorice all sorts,” one commented.
Sue Perkins, the TV presenter, said the half-hearted banging with a ladle was like “morse code”.
“Took me a while to get it, but he’s actually using morse code here. ‘privatise....privatise....American style system... privatise’,” she tweeted.
One Twitter user jibed: “That looks like the street Alan Partridge's stalker lives in!”.
Another replied: “Bet that saucepan hasn’t seen any Brussels in it Nigel”.
One remarked: “This is like when the murderer does the police appeal for witnesses to come forward,” while another asked: “Could you put any less effort into doing that?”
Thousands turned out across the country for the sixth edition of the Clap for Carers, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking part in his second applause on the steps of Downing Street after overcoming coronavirus.
His fiancee Carrie Symonds, who gave birth to their first child earlier this week, clapped from indoors for the NHS while wishing national treasure Captain Tom Moore a happy 100th birthday.
