#CameronTaxSongs: Twitter mocks Brit PM with lyrics of popular songs

David Cameron has been in a storm following the Panama Papers leak. Amongst the documents was evidence that the prime minister's father, Ian Cameron, was a client of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Now Twitter has decided to take a comic shot at the troubled politician with musical tributes. #CameronTaxSongs started trending on the social media site on 10 April, with users posting songs that best describe the PM's financial woes. Others have also edited lyrics from popular songs to tell the story… and in most cases it's pretty hilarious.
Let's talk about tax baby, let's talk about v a t (Salt-n-Pepa) #CameronTaxSongs
— Laura (@Lornelis) April 10, 2016
Sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree? I tax the poor and invest overseas. Everybody's looking for something #CameronTaxSongs
— Chris Speirs (@cjspeirs) April 10, 2016
Owing Me, Owing You #CameronTaxSongs
— Danny O'Reilly (@dannyoreilly84) April 10, 2016
#CameronTaxSongs - I hid it my way
— Nick wall (@NickMunio) April 10, 2016
#CameronTaxSongs Another one Hides the Trust
— AJ (@MrT_AJ) April 10, 2016
#CameronTaxSongs
— Miss Texas 1967 (@MsTexas1967) April 10, 2016
I Like Big Bucks (And I Can Deny)
"And I would hide 5,000 Pounds and I would hide 5,000 more..." #CameronTaxSongs #theproclaimers pic.twitter.com/N426dZbS5Q
— Super C (@Barrowboy77) April 10, 2016
Papa was a rolling stone..wherever he paid no tax was his home #CameronTaxSongs
— Lisa Price (@Becks300Lisa) April 10, 2016
"Don't cry for me, United Kingdom. The truth is, I never paid you!" #CameronResign #CameronTaxSongs
— Jonathan Swift (@JonathanSwift79) April 10, 2016
First I was afraid, now im petrified
— Patricia (@Catchtricia) April 10, 2016
Kept thinking I could never live without a tax haven by my side. #CameronTaxSongs
But I Would go 500 miles,
— MyLittlePhoney (@Steg68) April 10, 2016
& I would go 500 more
Just to be the man who went a thousand miles
To find a tax haven offshore
#CameronTaxSongs
It's my party and I'll lie if I want to #CameronTaxSongs
— MyLittlePhoney (@Steg68) April 10, 2016
99 problems but paying tax aint one #CameronTaxSongs jay z
— yzdani laher (@izzyl) April 10, 2016
Take me down to Panama City
— aKloppalypse (@ImMeHooYou) April 10, 2016
Where the tax is free
And 24% of the electorate are silly
Paradise City-Guns n Roses#CameronTaxSongs
He's just a rich toff, nobody loves him
— Will Nickell (@WillNickell) April 10, 2016
He's just a rich toff from a rich family,
Spare him some tax from this monstrosity #CameronTaxSongs
Cameron has released a summary of his tax returns for the last six years. The data states he inherited £300,000 ($423,750) from his late father, but also received gifts totalling £200,000 from his mother.
Mossack Fonseca director Ramon Fonseca has denied any wrongdoing. He said the firm had suffered a hack on its database and described the leak as "an international campaign against privacy", according to Reuters.
All of those implicated in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' (ICJI) Panama Papers report have been afforded the opportunity to respond. Visit the ICJI's website to read the responses.
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