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After astonishing claims emerged that the Prime Minister

the world has been waiting for one man to comment on #piggate.

Step forward Charlie Brooker.

His controversial Channel 4 programme Black Mirror began with an episode entitled The National Anthem, in which a Prime Minister, Michael Callow (Rory Kinnear), must have sexual intercourse with a pig on live national television.

The plot of the 2011 episode sees Princess Susannah (Lydia Wilson), a much loved member of the Royal Family, kidnapped and the ransom demand is for the Prime Ministerial disgrace.

As the time starts to run out on the ransom demand and public support for the refusing PM rapidly disappears, Callow finds he may have no choice but to go through with the obscene act.

Now, in real life, the Prime Minister has been rocked by extraordinary claims from former Tory treasurer Lord Ashcroft that he took part in a debauched initiation at university, although No. 10 says it 'does not recognise' the accusations against him.

The sensational claims that the PM was in a “dope smoking group” called the Flam Club, are made in an unauthorised biography entitled Call Me Dave, written by ex-Tory peer Lord Ashcroft – long seen as a thorn in the side of the Tory chief – according to the Daily Mail.

And so, as the shocking claims about Cameron are reported, and social media is ablaze with comparisons to his work, the writer and television presenter, 44, took to Twitter to comment.

"S***. Turns out Black Mirror is a documentary series," he posted.

(Image: BBC)

He added: "Just been nosing through old Black Mirror files now, of course," and posted a picture of the script.

Following further questions from Twitter users, Brooker then had to clarify that he knew nothing about Lord Ashcroft's claims when he wrote the show, saying: "Just to clear it up: nope, I’d never heard anything about Cameron and a pig when coming up with that story. So this weirds me out."

He then posted: "Bet this means he really is a lizard too."

And: "I hope White Bear doesn’t come true next."

Brooker then went another step further, adding: "Perhaps the least prescient line from the script."

The documents read: "MICHAEL: Well, I'm not f****** a pig. Page one, that's not happening."

Brooker also added that the leader of the opposition now has some ammunition, saying: "I hope Jeremy Corbyn is going to read out questions from members of the public again this Wednesday."