The prime minister recreated the Love Actually doorstep scene. Mr Johnson posted a video on Monday evening where he emulates the famous Love Actually scene in which Andrew Lincoln silently holds up placards to Keira Knightley as he pretends to be a group of carol singers.

In Johnson's remake of the iconic Christmas-carol scene, the British prime minister imitates the character Mark (Andrew Lincoln), holding up cards telling a woman in the scene — mimicking the film's Juliet (Keira Knightly) — that her vote has never been more important.

"The other guy could win…" the card says. "So you have a choice to make between a working majority or another gridlocked hung parliament arguing about Brexit."

"Enough, enough. Let's get this done," Johnson says at the end of the ad, before the message "Vote conservative actually" appears.

Two of the placards read: "With any luck, by next year we'll have Brexit done (if parliament doesn't block it again)."

At the end of the spoof clip, Mr Johnson says "enough, let's get this done" - a reference to what Lincoln's character says as he walks away from the house.