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People are adding what’s missing from Boris Johnson’s Vote Conservative Actually video

If the Conservatives had hoped the Brexit, Actually video would distract from their NHS failings, they may be disappointed.

Ben Gelblum by Ben Gelblum
2019-12-10 13:46
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Boris Johnson’s Vote Conservative Actually pastiche of a scene from Love Actually has caused quite a stir. Not as much of a stir as the video of him refusing to look at a photo of a four-year-old forced to lie on the floor of an overstretched hospital has.

The jaw-dropping video of ITV reporter Joe Pike trying to get the PM to own up to the NHS crisis while the PM snatches his phone off him has led to charges of a lack of empathy and honesty in the last days of a general election campaign in which the NHS is polling as almost an important issue as Brexit for people now.

Tried to show @BorisJohnson the picture of Jack Williment-Barr. The 4-year-old with suspected pneumonia forced to lie on a pile of coats on the floor of a Leeds hospital.

The PM grabbed my phone and put it in his pocket: @itvcalendar | #GE19 pic.twitter.com/hv9mk4xrNJ

— Joe Pike (@joepike) December 9, 2019

It has also been viewed by 10 million people now, many times more than the Conservative’s “Brexit, Actually” pastiche, despite it being shared by senior Tory figures and right wing influencers.

Brexit, actually. pic.twitter.com/4ryuh19c75

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 9, 2019

However they’re not the only people to share it and as always happens on social media the #VoteConservativeActually hashtag has been subverted by Brits online for an opportunity to moan about what is on offer. Actually.

This version is probably better than the original. (Sorry Boris Johnson and Hugh Grant.)

??????, ????????. Let's get this trending. #BrexitActually https://t.co/7xk6Lrfq61

— North East 4 Europe #FBPE (@NE4EU) December 10, 2019

People are offering to fix the video by adding some missing cards.

This is our favourite bit of the #BorisActually video

Well said, Boris! #VoteTactically #VoteNotTory #GE2019 pic.twitter.com/51Avv4Y4JX

— SwanseaForEurope#FBPE ??????? (@Swansea4Europe) December 10, 2019

#VoteConservativeActually and get more Two Nation Conservatism. It's a no-brainer really. pic.twitter.com/8rcCGk8phC

— Tim Holt-Wilson (@tim_holt_wilson) December 10, 2019

If you’re going to vote for someone’s lunch should know a little about them #VoteConservativeActually pic.twitter.com/oUlJIOVhBo

— Ruairí O'Brien ISC (@obrien_ruairi) December 10, 2019

Four things to consider before casting your vote:

1. If you are poor, Boris Johnson doesn't care.

2. If you are sick, Boris Johnson doesn't care.

3. If you are in need, Boris Johnson doesn't care.

4. Boris Johnson is a compulsive liar.

#VoteConservativeActually pic.twitter.com/EEOF6xCdTX

— Bob Huband (@No_Idea_Bob) December 10, 2019

Including the photo of four year old Jack Williment-Barr forced to lie on a pile of coats on the floor of an overstretched Leeds hospital with suspected pneumonia that Johnson refused to look at.

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#VoteConservativeActually
I’m sure it’s been done, but let’s do it more! pic.twitter.com/GGhlPGad2q

— Halo-ho-ho (@EatMyHalo) December 10, 2019

People have offered to fix what the PM is sharing on his signs to reflect the facts and figures of a decade of Conservative and coalition government.

Thought I’d fix that #VoteConservativeActually video 🙂 #GetTheToriesOut #BorisActually #VoteLabour pic.twitter.com/wGnHnUVq7B

— indi-yuh? (@indiaysabel) December 10, 2019

Or what it would contain if Tories’ real plans were featured. Actually.

We had to re-shoot the Love Actually video after Dom said I wasn’t allowed to write the cards myself.#BorisActually #VoteConservativeActually pic.twitter.com/YpJ3efRKew

— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) December 10, 2019

Others are pointing out that the video is a higher budget rip off of a pastiche of that Love Actually scene made by Labour candidate for Tooting Rosena Allin-Khan who posted her “Election Actually” campaign vid on November 22. Actually.

Imagine being given a blank cheque and the best thing you can come up with, #VoteConservativeActually, is just a cheap ripoff of @DrRosena pic.twitter.com/1J1Wh4ffeX

— Dr Ben White (@drbenwhite) December 10, 2019

I won't be retweeting it – but Boris Johnson has copied my #ElectionActually video.

Tanks. On. The. Lawn.

Don't share his version in outrage – instead, share my original version.

It's us versus Cummings, Johnson, Trump and Farage – retweet this and spread the word! pic.twitter.com/vuC26bWlcy

— Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (@DrRosena) December 9, 2019

And actor Hugh Grant, who played the Prime Minister in the original movie scene ripped off by the election campaign videos, today quipped about the amount of money spent on the Conservative’ , wondering how much of that was Russian – after revelations of huge donations to Johnson and the tory party from Putin cronies that could explain why they have sat on the Russian interference report until after the election.

The actor also noted the absence of a key card in the classic movie scene that is all about telling the truth.

Hugh Grant told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I thought it was quite well done, very high production values, but clearly the Conservative Party have an awful lot of money. Maybe that’s where the [Russian currency] rubles went.

“But I did notice that one of the cards from the original film that he didn’t hold up was the one where Andrew Lincoln held up a card saying, ‘Because at Christmas you tell the truth.’

“And I just wonder if the spin doctors in the Tory Party thought that was a card that wouldn’t look too great in Boris Johnson’s hands,” added the actor who is campaigning for people to vote tactically to defeat Conservative MPs in their constituencies.

"One of the cards… Boris Johnson didn't hold up was the one saying "Because at Christmas you tell the truth"

Actor Hugh Grant @HackedOffHugh, who wants people to vote tactically against Brexit, gives his view of the PM's version of the famous Love Actually cards scene pic.twitter.com/HyU9Uk47Sd

— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) December 10, 2019

Truth – or lack of it has dogged Boris Johnson’s election campaign, unsurprisingly. Boris Johnson has hit out that the constant questions about his trustworthiness during his General Election campaign make his “blood boil”.

The other video that has dogged Johnson’s campaign of course is the one that the Conservative party wouldn’t want people to share and are desperate to distract people’s attention from.

9.8m views of this.

This is Johnson's bacon sandwich. A man with no empathy, and sound bites for answers.

He nicks phones as well.

But yeah, #VoteConservativeActually pic.twitter.com/mXevwqHZhR

— Wolfie. #votelabour #waspi (@Tpopularfront) December 10, 2019

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READ MORE: Tories distract from sick 4-year-old on overstretched hospital floor by inventing assault

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