David Cameron piggate fiasco, Call Me Dave

Twitter memes having a ball

David Cameron is taking social media by storm this week but for all the wrong reasons.

When a story broke Monday Cameron refused to comment saying to do so would add some sort of credence to the story.

Tuesday the story is trotting along nicely without his input this time around.

The story centres around an allegation published in a new unofficial biography of Cameron, Call Me Dave, by Lord Ashcroft and Isabel Oakeshott; it is alleged that PM Cameron once engaged in a "bizarre ritual with a dead pig."

The story is not sourced by name but rather anonymous. It may or may not be true but either way it will be a difficult story for Cameron to dismiss.

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If he is innocent of wrongdoing he could perhaps sue; in fact he may find that is the only way to put the brakes on piggate or knobgate as it is being called on Twitter et al.

The story is in most if not all mainstream publications, is attracting a variety of comments and must surely be a huge embarrassment for Cameron and the Conservative Party.

The allegations say that during a "bizarre university dining club ritual", an initiation ceremony, David Cameron, and presumably others, stuck his genitals into the mouth of a dead pig's head.

Downing Street declined to comment but later a party source later specifically denied the allegation.

The drinking club is the decadent Piers Gaveston club; Cameron sources have also denied he was ever a member of that club but piggate rolls on.

Opinion: How easy will it be for Cameron to bury this story? Imagine meeting him now? Could you keep a straight face? Does the story make you laugh or squirm? It is after all abuse of a dead animal and we should not just giggle at such silly antics.

Did he or didn't he is the big question. Although how will he wriggle out of this one is probably a bigger question.

The story and its memes are here to stay at least for now.

Above are just a few of the #piggate images on Twitter-the least offensive too

And the fact that most people are prepared to believe it could have happened must say something about PM Cameron and his ilk?

Wednesday this story and its fall out rumbles on. The Independent reports "David Cameron compares Lord Ashcroft dead pig claims to a 'stab in the back' as war of words continues PM uses joke to take a swipe at Lord Ashcroft's new book, likening claims made in Call Me Dave to going to the doctor with 'a little prick' in the back." That sadly says it all about our Prime Minister.

"The war of words between David Cameron and Lord Ashcroft has continued, with the Prime Minister reportedly comparing the former Tory deputy chairman's claims of widespread drug-taking and obscene sexual behaviour in his youth to "a stab in the back."

But that does not like an 'innocent' man does it?

Either way the Daily Mail is making big money out of Call Me Dave.

Guardian - How do you deal with a story like #piggate? A spin doctor’s view
Guardian - Conservative sources deny David Cameron pig’s head allegations
RT - Hamming it up: Liberal Democrats mock ‘Cameron’s Pig’ at conference sing-along