British Prime Minister David Cameron has come under fire for publishing a “Photoshopped” image of himself on the official Downing Street Facebook page.
The Daily Mirror claims the PM’s office crudely manipulated an image originally posted in November 2013 to add a red poppy for Remembrance Day, which is celebrated on November 11.
The image angered eagle-eyed Facebook fans, who immediately jumped online to vent their fury.
“Is photoshopping an unrealistic looking poppy onto a profile pic really respecting the country’s fallen?” one wrote.
Another added: “That poppy is as fake as your care for ‘the strivers who get up at 8am every day and work and provide’.”
A spokesman for Mr Cameron said the offending image had been removed, saying: “It was an oversight.”
Britons take Remembrance Day very seriously. A poll of more than 500 people on the Daily Mirror’s website revealed 78 per cent of respondents found the Photoshopped poppy “offensive”.
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