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David Cameron
"Piggate" refers to a claim that, during his university years, the former British prime minister David Cameron inserted his penis and/or scrotum into a dead pig's mouth as part of an initiation ceremony for the Piers Gaveston Society at Oxford University.
The anecdote was reported by Michael Ashcroft and Isabel Oakeshott in their unauthorised biography of Cameron, Call Me Dave, attributing the story to an anonymous Member of Parliament who was allegedly a contemporary of Cameron's at the University of Oxford. Extracts from the book were published in the Daily Mail on 20 September 2015, prior to its publication.
Downing Street sources responded by saying that Cameron, who was Prime Minister at the time, would not dignify the anecdote with a response while friends reported him saying that it was "utter nonsense". Cameron said later that "a very specific denial was made a week ago".
Michael Ashcroft
Ashcroft and Oakeshott failed to receive a response from the purported owner of a photograph of the alleged incident. No corroborating evidence has been produced to support the anecdote.
In an interview, Valentine Guinness, one of the Piers Gaveston Society founders, said that as far as he knew, Cameron "may well have attended one of their parties" but was never a member.
"Piggate" refers to a claim that, during his university years, the former British prime minister David Cameron inserted his penis and/or scrotum into...
coverage revolving around lurid allegations of debauched behaviour, such as Piggate. The Piers Gaveston Society was founded in 1977 by a group of friends that...
2015. Hooton, Christopher (21 September 2015). "A caller just brought up #piggate on The Wright Stuff". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived...
book includes an anonymous anecdote about Cameron, now referred to as Piggate, in which he allegedly inserted his penis into a dead pig's head. No evidence...
Experiments: Simon Oxenham Looks Back at Some Studies in the Wake of 'Piggate'". The Psychologist. The British Psychological Society. 6 Oct 2015. Retrieved...
4.54 Programmes included: Downton Abbey, Newsnight on David Cameron Piggate, Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You, Singing in the Rainforest...
Call Me Dave: The Unauthorised Biography of David Cameron is a 2015 book by Michael Ashcroft, a businessman and Conservative peer, and Isabel Oakeshott...
Retrieved 21 May 2018. "Call Me Dave author Isabel Oakshott reveals 'Piggate' claims could be false". The Huffington Post. 9 October 2015. Retrieved...
violence, murder." In September 2015, he expressed his revulsion at the "Piggate" scandal, saying that if Prime Minister David Cameron had really inserted...
in revenge for perceived slights to Ashcroft. The book triggered the "Piggate" scandal with an allegation that a photograph exists which shows Cameron...
tweeted to May, "we should talk...". Michael Dukakis § Tank photograph Piggate Kahn-Harris, Keith (6 May 2015). "Is the Sun's 'save our bacon' election...
Benedictus, Leo (21 September 2015). "Charlie Brooker on Cameron and #piggate: 'I'd have been screaming it into traffic if I'd known'". The Guardian...
mouth of a dead pig during his time in university. This became known as "piggate". It also led to questions about the Prime Minister's honesty with party...
Geronimo the alpaca, the resignation of Conservative MP Neil Parish, and Piggate. Featured locations include a Greggs, a Wetherspoons, The Great British...
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publishing of his 2015 biography Call Me Dave. Hameron, in reference to the "Piggate" allegations. Dodgy Dave, a nickname trending on social media with the...
Michael Ashcroft and Isabel Oakeshott which contained the unverified "Piggate" claims. In April 2016, Charles Moore wrote in The Spectator that the Daily...
video only had 44,000. In September 2015, Cassetteboy responded to the "Piggate" scandal (the claim that Cameron had once inserted "a private part of his...
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