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An hour later, Downing Street deleted the picture and replaced it with one of the prime minister actually wearing a poppy, but not before the original photo had been spotted by other people on social media.
An hour later, Downing Street deleted the picture and replaced it with one of the prime minister actually wearing a poppy, but not before the original photo had been spotted by other people on social media. Photograph: Twitter
An hour later, Downing Street deleted the picture and replaced it with one of the prime minister actually wearing a poppy, but not before the original photo had been spotted by other people on social media. Photograph: Twitter

No 10 ridiculed after adding poppy to David Cameron Facebook picture

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Downing Street later replaces digitally-enhanced image with a different one of the prime minister actually wearing a poppy

Downing Street has been ridiculed for digitally adding a remembrance poppy to a photograph of David Cameron that it was using on its Facebook page.

Twitter user Dylan Morris first spotted the change on Monday afternoon, tweeting:

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

They definitely have. Here's the original picture from July. Embarrassing. pic.twitter.com/SX9xOJsjor

— Dylan H Morris. (@dylanhm) November 2, 2015

An hour later, Downing Street deleted the picture and replaced it with one of the prime minister actually wearing a poppy, but not before the original photo had been spotted by other people on social media.

Update: they’ve changed it to one of David Cameron wearing an actual poppy. That was fun while it lasted. pic.twitter.com/tOhnk0agq4

— Dylan H Morris. (@dylanhm) November 2, 2015

The incident was quickly dubbed Poppygate, and the internet reacted in its usual way.

.@BestoftheMail @dylanhm Now with added patriotism. pic.twitter.com/TQ26i6mUmy

— Skeptical Rob (@wcskeptic) November 2, 2015

Here's a poppy wearing a photoshopped David Cameron badge pic.twitter.com/8KPdPCTEEI

— ste (@stevahen) November 2, 2015

@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

Number 10's first crude attempt to photoshop a poppy onto an old pic of David Cameron was an even bigger blunder. pic.twitter.com/AXFyG2CcVU

— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) November 2, 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

The original photograph of David Cameron was uploaded to Facebook in July and has been used widely in Downing Street publicity materials. A No 10 spokesperson blamed the incident on an “oversight” and said the digitally enhanced picture had now been deleted.

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