A picture of the Prime Minister on the Facebook account for 10 Downing Street has been criticised for faking a photo of him wearing a poppy.

The account's profile picture appears to show David Cameron with a red poppy digitally placed on his jacket.

The photograph is identical to a previous profile picture used two years ago, which shows Mr Cameron without a poppy.

The latest profile picture was published 02 November, 201 

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The previous profile picture was published 12 November, 2013

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Dylan Morris noticed the similarity and posted it to Twitter, leading to a series of tweets on the social media site.

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An hour after it was first spotted, 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.

 

The Herald: But, despite No 10's best efforts, the ridicule continued on Twitter. Here's just one example.

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