Meme Of The Day: Twitter Mocks David Cameron Watching Tim Peake Blast Into Space

Like most of us, prime minister David Cameron was very excited about British astronaut Tim Peake blasting into space today.

To express that excitement, Mr Cameron tweeted a picture of him watching the events unfold on television.

In the image, Mr Cameron is seated on a chair, his eyes glued to the TV screen showing Peake’s rocket launch into the stratosphere.

“It was great to watch Tim Peake blast off on his mission to join the International Space Station,” he tweeted.

But Mr Cameron had forgotten the golden rule of social media: never give people a TV screen in a tweeted picture to play with.

And play with it they did, turning the prime minister’s innocent tweet into the meme of the day.

Before you could say “Piggate”, numerous Twitter users had replaced the image of a rocket on Mr Cameron’s TV screen with various images of a certain farmyard animal - as well as Peppa Pig and Miss Piggy.

There were also the predictable Photoshopping of pornography into the prime minister’s TV set, as well as slots for Jeremys Kyle and Corbyn.

Mr Cameron was also depicted to be enthralled at the antics of Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.

(Pictures: Twitter)