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| From #piggate to #Hameron: how Twitter reacted to David Cameron claims | From #piggate to #Hameron: how Twitter reacted to David Cameron claims |
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| Claims that David Cameron once put “a private part of his anatomy into a dead pig’s mouth” sent Twitter into a frenzy of Photoshopped pics, porcine puns and gasping disbelief. | Claims that David Cameron once put “a private part of his anatomy into a dead pig’s mouth” sent Twitter into a frenzy of Photoshopped pics, porcine puns and gasping disbelief. |
| Hashtags #Hameron #Oink and #piggate started trending on the social network minutes after the Daily Mail front page containing the allegations was revealed on Sunday evening. | Hashtags #Hameron #Oink and #piggate started trending on the social network minutes after the Daily Mail front page containing the allegations was revealed on Sunday evening. |
| Charlie Brooker, the satirist and broadcaster, was quick to respond to comparisons made between the claims in Lord Ashcroft’s unauthorised biography and his dystopic comedy-drama Black Mirror, in which a fictional prime minister has sex with a pig. | Charlie Brooker, the satirist and broadcaster, was quick to respond to comparisons made between the claims in Lord Ashcroft’s unauthorised biography and his dystopic comedy-drama Black Mirror, in which a fictional prime minister has sex with a pig. |
| Shit. Turns out Black Mirror is a documentary series. | Shit. Turns out Black Mirror is a documentary series. |
| There were bemused reactions from some politicians. | There were bemused reactions from some politicians. |
| Typical! David Cameron once again hogging the headlines at the Lib Dem Conference. | Typical! David Cameron once again hogging the headlines at the Lib Dem Conference. |
| I have been writing my #gpconf speech tonight. I have not been distracted. At all. | I have been writing my #gpconf speech tonight. I have not been distracted. At all. |
| Political journalists competed to claim the best prime minister pig pun prize. | Political journalists competed to claim the best prime minister pig pun prize. |
| This explains Dave's big policy fail. We misheard. He's in favour of Pig Society. | This explains Dave's big policy fail. We misheard. He's in favour of Pig Society. |
| Whoever squealed on Dave must be a real trotter #imHereAllWeek | Whoever squealed on Dave must be a real trotter #imHereAllWeek |
| Some Twitter users dug up unfortunate pictures. | Some Twitter users dug up unfortunate pictures. |
| Related: The David Cameron #piggate storm is a sideshow from the real issues. It’s certainly effective | Suzanne Moore | |
| No comment: pic.twitter.com/6IEX3gM2CL | No comment: pic.twitter.com/6IEX3gM2CL |
| Ed Miliband’s bacon sandwich debacle made an inevitable return. | Ed Miliband’s bacon sandwich debacle made an inevitable return. |
| "Dave did WHAT with this pig?" pic.twitter.com/6cF26GYQaT | "Dave did WHAT with this pig?" pic.twitter.com/6cF26GYQaT |
| Strange stories from the past are looking even stranger. | Strange stories from the past are looking even stranger. |
| Well this looks kind of suspicious in retrospect: http://t.co/7R4sKp4aQM pic.twitter.com/Me3JHy2W7q | Well this looks kind of suspicious in retrospect: http://t.co/7R4sKp4aQM pic.twitter.com/Me3JHy2W7q |
| Some felt the real revelation was the claim that Supertramp was playing during alleged dope-smoking sessions in Cameron’s student room. | Some felt the real revelation was the claim that Supertramp was playing during alleged dope-smoking sessions in Cameron’s student room. |
| Related: David Cameron and the Piers Gaveston: what we know of Oxford 'secret society' | Related: David Cameron and the Piers Gaveston: what we know of Oxford 'secret society' |
| What on earth was David Cameron doing listening to Supertramp in 1980s? Truly shocking revelation in Ashcroft book | What on earth was David Cameron doing listening to Supertramp in 1980s? Truly shocking revelation in Ashcroft book |
| James Delingpole, a friend of the future prime minister at Oxford, was quoted by the Daily Mail about drug-taking by Cameron. He has since responded. | James Delingpole, a friend of the future prime minister at Oxford, was quoted by the Daily Mail about drug-taking by Cameron. He has since responded. |
| I deny everything. We didn't inhale. Or something. | I deny everything. We didn't inhale. Or something. |
| Journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan could not resist a dig. | Journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan could not resist a dig. |
| Oink. cc @David_Cameron | Oink. cc @David_Cameron |
| Others went for a more surrealistic approach. | Others went for a more surrealistic approach. |
| In the back of Cameron's car like... pic.twitter.com/7iKuP9uXbY | In the back of Cameron's car like... pic.twitter.com/7iKuP9uXbY |
| And what did Downing Street say? No 10 declined to comment on the unofficial book but a Conservative source said it did not recognise any of the allegations made on the front page of the Daily Mail. | And what did Downing Street say? No 10 declined to comment on the unofficial book but a Conservative source said it did not recognise any of the allegations made on the front page of the Daily Mail. |