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As Westminster waits for the announcement of the identity of the foot-in-mouth Tory who claimed Conservative grassroots were 'mad swivel-eyed loons', social media decided to have a little fun with the pretentious insult.
The hashtag allowing Twitter users to poke fun at Tory divisions quickly migrated to #swiveleyedsongs after briefly trending as #loongate.
As users tweeted suggestions of their own looney tunes, we've rounded up the best #loongate and #swiveleyedsongs below.
Swivel eyed songs
Mark Wallace(01 of32)
"Don't go out tonight, there's a mad loon on the Right...." #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:wallaceme)
Peter Mannion 'MP'(02 of32)
Gloria Gaynor's I Will Swivel-Eye've #swivelgatesongs #needsmorework (credit:Twitter:PeterMannionMP)
Nigel Nelson(03 of32)
By the light of the swivel-eyed loon #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:NigelNelson)
pleb-nobby-Lobby(04 of32)
RT @PaulGoodmanCH: Blue Loon #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:veniviedivici)
CAROL DOUGLAS(05 of32)
RT @PaulGoodmanCH: I only have Swivel Eyes for You. #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:Creagh_Dubh)
Eliot Andersen(06 of32)
We can't go on together with swivel eyes #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:EliotAndersen)
John Hancock(07 of32)
Hmm - Dark Side Of The Loon #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:cwjohn)
longitude 0(08 of32)
RT @reporterboy: .@PaulGoodmanCH "Smoke gets in your swivel eyes" #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:longitude0)
Laura Liddell(09 of32)
RT @vickywong710: LMFAO everyday I'm swivelling #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:LauraALiddell)
Mark Wright(10 of32)
Pink Floyd's 'Dark Eyed of the Loon' #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:kingswing72)
Adam Blake(11 of32)
Christina Aguilera, Beautiful: "I am a swivel-eyed loon no matter what they say. Words can't bring me down." #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:MrAdamBlake)
John of Myr(12 of32)
10 million swivel-chairs in Beijing #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:JustinianSecond)
John of Myr(13 of32)
swivel rose by Ian Brown #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:JustinianSecond)
Property Spotter(14 of32)
The swivel-eyed would do anything for you (But they won't do that) #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:PropertySpot)
Eugene Henry(15 of32)
Swivel eyed girl #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:eugenehenry84)
Amber Elliott(16 of32)
A bit of Elton for Cameron?... It seems as though I've lived my life, on the bad side of the loon #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:AmberElliottSky)
Bradley Phipps(17 of32)
'In Your Swivel-Eyes' by Kylie Minogue #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:bradleyphipps)
Dawn Talbot(18 of32)
RT @reporterboy: "Eyed like to teach the World to Swing (in swivelled harmony)" #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:dawntalbot1961)
Pauline Barten(19 of32)
#swivelgatesongs For Your Swivel Eyes Only. (credit:Twitter:PaulineBarten)
Ben Rathe(20 of32)
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. Here I am, stuck in a swivel with loons. #swivelgatesongs #swivelgate #swivelgatesong (credit:Twitter:benrathe)
Paul Waugh(21 of32)
@FelicityMorse @jameschappers 'Fly me to the Loon' #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:paulwaugh)
Simon Harley(22 of32)
#swivelgatesongs "'Cause this is swivel, swivel-eyed, and noone's going to save you from the beast about to strike." (credit:Twitter:simonharley)
h3xperiment(23 of32)
Better the Swivel you know #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:h3xperiment)
Philip Cowley(24 of32)
"Blue swivel eyes crying in the rain" #swivelgatesongs (credit:Twitter:philipjcowley)
Alex Wickham(25 of32)
Superb RT @reporterboy: #swivelgatesongs "Where did you come from, where did you go ? Where did you come from Swivel Eyed Joe ?" (credit:Twitter:WikiGuido)
Mehdi Hasan(26 of32)
Personally, I've always loved the phrases 'swivel-eyed' and 'loon'. Apt descriptions for a lot of people I know/knew. #loongate (credit:Twitter:mehdirhasan)
Owen Jones(27 of32)
Ah. So the journos are technically respecting "off-the-record" rules and know releasing the unattributed quote will smoke him out #loongate (credit:Twitter:OwenJones84)
Rupert Myers(28 of32)
If it had been Boris Johnson, there wouldn't even be a story. No scalp will come from #loongate (credit:Twitter:RupertMyers)
Dylan Sharpe(29 of32)
MPs have said far worse about activists off record in front of journos. If #loongate does claim a senior scalp it's because media wanted rid (credit:Twitter:dylsharpe)
Calum Shambolic(30 of32)
Who, other than a Tory, would use the insult "swivel-eyed loons"!?Like Plebgate it's appealling because the language is sooo Tory#Loongate (credit:Twitter:ShambolicCalum)
Alex Coleman(31 of32)
The ability of the Tory party to continually accelerate it's move toward a EU based schism is remarkable #loongate (credit:Twitter:Alex_C0leman)
Simon Mason(32 of32)
This the bit where all the political hacks pretend they know who said it. #loongate (credit:Twitter:LDNCalling)