It's not been an easy couple of months for David Cameron on social media.
Following hot in the trottersteps of #piggate, he's now been ridiculed after one eagle-eyed man spotted that an old photo of him had seen a poppy digitally added. It was posted on the 10 Downing Street Facebook page with Twitter user Dylan Morris alerting the internet to a golden opportunity for mockery.
Has the official 10 Downing Street Facebook page photoshopped a poppy onto David Cameron for their new picture? pic.twitter.com/inLOOVcR5G
— Dylan H Morris. (@dylanhm) November 2, 2015
An hour later, Downing Street rectified their error, posting a photo of the Prime Minister actually wearing a real remembrance poppy but, thanks to the glory of screenshots, it was far too late to prevent the internet unleashing all of its Photoshopping skillz, quickly dubbing the episode #poppygate. A spokesman blamed the incident on an "oversight" and said that the altered photo had been deleted.
Too late guys, too late....
@paulwaugh @mrjamesob @dylanhm Thank god they didn't go for the first draft of that photoshop! pic.twitter.com/FexJreOBST
— Ian Payne (@01101001) November 2, 2015
#Patriotism pic.twitter.com/kaBl8JdxcS
— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) November 2, 2015
Picture found of David Cameron with a poppy on #DavidCameron #piggate #poppygate @dylanhm pic.twitter.com/XE6dbecRtP
— James Nimmy King (@JamesNimmyKing) November 3, 2015
I see NO evidence that David Cameron’s poppy pic was Photoshopped. People need to stop jumping to conclusions. pic.twitter.com/xISpGwESD1
— Tom Phillips (@flashboy) November 2, 2015
No.10 Photoshop a poppy onto old pic of David Cameron. (h/t @dylanhm) Imagine if Lab had done this to Corbyn pic..? pic.twitter.com/sIfCHD2jbN
— beaubodor (@beaubodor) November 2, 2015
'Jeremy from Islington wants to know why the Prime Minister isn't wearing a MASSIVE poppy?' #pmqs pic.twitter.com/X7AeacCu0a
— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) November 2, 2015
"That Cameron poppy picture is terrible!" they said. "Imagine if it had been Corbyn!". Well - imagine no longer. pic.twitter.com/57hNLjiWDY
— T'Other Simon (@TOther_Simon) November 2, 2015
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