#JeSuisEd: Twitter users continue to share awkward food photos in support of Ed Miliband
#JeSuisEd: 'because no one looks good eating a bacon sarnie'
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Your support makes all the difference.There's nothing Twitter loves more than a campaign – especially when it involves selfies and food.
And while the cameras may not have been kind to Ed Miliband almost a year ago, when he famously failed to eat a simple bacon sandwich, users of the social media site have turned Ed's hapless lunch into a homage to eating badly.
The movement began in reaction to The Sun, which this week featured a front page headlined: 'Save Our Bacon' - entirely dedicated to mocking the Labour leader over the infamous incident.
But in a show of solidarity for the less-than-cool, people have taken to Twitter in droves over the past couple of days to post photos of themselves experiencing similar food fails.
Even celebrities joined in, with the usually-glamorous Paloma Faith tweeting an unflattering shot of herself covered in ham, bread and tomato.
Bethany Black, a comedian and actor starring in Channel 4's Banana, shared a photo of herself, smeared in ketchup.
Vegans and vegetarians got in on the act too, replacing bacon for fruit and vegetables.
And support for the Labour leader wasn't restricted to people – even animals got on board with the popular hashtag.
But the hashtag itself, inspired by 'Je suis Charlie', which was used in support of those killed in the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January, has caused controversy.
A user by the name of 'Banks' tweeted:
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