Britons have a special love relationship with Syria.
First British companies provided chemical ingredients to Syria to manufacture the chemical poisons (sarin) used for mass killings of Syrian civilians.

Next, the Britons vote in their parliament against military action aimed to control the Syrian stockpiles of chemical weapons of mass destruction.
What else Britannia?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/revealed-uk-government-let-british-company-export-nerve-gas-chemicals-to-syria-8793642.html