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U.K. Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn's Hijacked Account Drops The C-Bomb, Calls David Cameron A 'Pie'

Twitter Hack: The Sledge Against Australia Sent From U.K. Opposition Leader's Account
Jeremy Corbyn speaks on stage after he is announced as the new leader of The Labour Party during the Labour Party Leadership Conference in London, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. Corbyn will now lead Britain's main opposition party. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Jeremy Corbyn speaks on stage after he is announced as the new leader of The Labour Party during the Labour Party Leadership Conference in London, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. Corbyn will now lead Britain's main opposition party. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Hackers with a potty mouth and a few Australianisms took control of U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's account over the weekend -- and a warning: there's offensive language in this story.

Tweets from the Opposition Leader's account included one simply saying the less-than-classy Australian slang "Straya c---s".

Other tweets said 'davey cameron is a pie' referring to U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, and 'f--- trident' in relation to Britain's contentious nuclear weapons program Trident, which Corbyn wants scrapped.

The Tweets were quickly deleted but were unsurprisingly retweeted and now users are having fun with the hack, suggesting the politician's frank Tweets should earn him a knighthood.

The Labour leader is in the middle of a contentious debate to change party policy to advocate the scrapping of Britain's nuclear weapons -- with three party members threatening to resign.

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