In the first episode of Charlie Brooker's hard-hitting dystopian Channel 4 comedy-drama, a fictional UK Prime Minister is forced to have sex with a pig after Britain's princess is kidnapped and held hostage by a political artist - an arguably bizarre concept.
But it turns out Black Mirror may not have been so far from the truth, according to the Daily Mail's serialisation of Lord Ashcroft's forthcoming book Call Me Dave, which heralds David Cameron as a pot-smoking, pig-fucking lunatic.
"Shit. turns out Black Mirror is a documentary series" - Charlie Brooker (Photograph: David Hartley/Rex Shutterstock)
The unofficial biography, co-written by the journalist Isabel Oakeshott, explains how the PM wasn't forced into bed with a pig out of political necessity - like Black Mirror - but rather adhered to an offbeat ritual as part of a university initiation game.
As extracts from the book reveal, Cameron was involved in the notorious Oxford dining society, the Piers Gaveston, which reportedly specialises in "bizarre rituals and sexual excess."
Allegations from the billionaire Tory donor include an "extraordinary suggestion" that "the future PM inserted a private part of his anatomy into" the mouth of a "dead pig" during an outrageous initiation ceremony at university.
Needless to say, the news has sparked outrage on social media, with Twitter exploding with a plethora of tweets offering up comical renditions of Cameron as a pig alongside jokes darker than the Black Mirror series itself. Enjoy:
David Cameron is a threat to our national security, our economic security and our porcine security.
— Alex Wickham (@WikiGuido) September 20, 2015George Osborne declines to comment on Ashcroft allegations pic.twitter.com/NzcpPfGArk via @AndyWoodcock
— Press Association (@PA) September 21, 2015Glorious. Whoever came up with "The Prosciutto Affair" has won the internet. #Hameron #oink
— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) September 21, 2015Notice how in this picture David Cameron isn't wearing his wedding ring. Suspicious... pic.twitter.com/ZfHcYfrOem
— Ryan Shields (@BarackObadyin) September 20, 2015Crisis on Twitter as photoshoppers can't actually come up with anything more horrific than the reality. #Hameron
— James Martin (@Pundamentalism) September 20, 2015So we're at #hameron and this news article which is now getting more hits than expected http://t.co/1D9gjzU84o
— George Bowden (@georgebowden) September 20, 2015Typical! David Cameron once again hogging the headlines at the Lib Dem Conference.
— Paddy Ashdown (@paddyashdown) September 21, 2015Best question at lobby came from Daily Mail. "Does the Prime Minister still think he had a normal university experience ?"
— Patrick Wintour (@patrickwintour) September 21, 2015Just been nosing through old Black Mirror files now, of course. pic.twitter.com/6Xhuhby0Gj
— Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) September 20, 2015When you're 15 minutes into Peppa Pig and chill and then David Cameron gives you this look pic.twitter.com/xeX9INEHhX
— David Skuzbee (@davidskuzbee) September 20, 2015The really amusing thing is that just about nobody who's heard this story thinks "I don't believe he'd ever do that". #Hameron
— Louis Barfe (@LFBarfe) September 21, 2015It's the first time in years I'm looking forward to Morrissey making a statement #hameron
— Liz Buckley (@liz_buckley) September 21, 2015To be honest, he was a rubbish shag.
— Cameron's Dead Pig (@CameronsFavePig) September 20, 2015I hope Jeremy Corbyn is going to read out questions from members of the public again this Wednesday.
— Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) September 20, 2015Read More >>> Jeremy Corbyn Takes First Walk As Labour Leader, Harassed By Press
