This isn't the first time, and also, they never learn. When G.W. Bush was up for re-election, Brits set up phone banks to call voters in US swing states, trying to get them to vote him out. First off, sweet summer children, as if a change in presidents changes imperial colonial policy. They're Brits, they should know better. Their elections also change nothing. Second, and expectedly, the Brits calling them turned these voters off moe than it swayed them. The voters themselves saw that as outrageous interference, and quite often told them off.