David Cameron was today facing mounting pressure to condemn a Tory MP who branded the Olympic opening ceremony “leftie multicultural crap”.

Aidan Burley, who was forced to quit as a ministerial aide after attending a Nazi-themed stag do last year, delivered the barb on Twitter during the event last night.

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One post read: “The most leftie opening ceremony I have ever seen – more than Beijing, the capital of a communist state! Welfare tribute next?”