British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently recreated a scene from the popular film “Love, Actually,” repurposing it to promote his campaign for reelection. The video was published on Monday and lead with the message “vote conservative, actually.”
While Johnson might have found his short campaign ad clever, Labour Party lawmaker Rosena Allin-Khan has accused the prime minister of copying a video she released just last month.
The video has even gained the attention of actor Hugh Grant, who played the prime minister in “Love, Actually.” Grant thought the video was well done, but noted that a very important card was missing from the clip, the one stating that, at Christmas, you tell the truth.
“I just wonder if the son doctors in the Tory party thought that was a card that wouldn’t look too great in Boris Johnson’s hands,” he said in an interview with BBC Radio 4.
According to The Washington Post, Grant has recently become more politically active because he feels that England “is on the edge of a true abyss.” Upon being called a Liberal Democrat, though, Grant stated that he is simply just anti-Tory.
Election Day in England will take place on Dec. 12, leaving Britons just two more days to make the tough decision between Johnson and prime minister candidate and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.