Tories mocked for General Election hashtag with voters saying they've 'ruined Christmas'

Now the official campaigning is over and the party leaders have had their final say, people have taken to social media to try and convince their friends, family and fans to head out to the polling station.

But the Tories are being somewhat mocked for a hashtag being used on Twitter - with many saying it's ruining Christmas.

In the final days of the party campaigning Boris Johnson released a short clip copying one of the movie Love Actually's most famous scenes - where Andrew Lincoln holds up card signs telling his best friend's wife he's in love with her.

While the original scene featured romantic messages for Keira Knightley's character and went down in cinema history, the Prime Minister's version received a mixed reaction.

So it's hardly surprising that some people weren't exactly impressed when #VoteConservativeActually started trending on Twitter.

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The party's official Twitter account, numerous MPs and supporters have been using the tag over the past 24 hours when writing about policies and voting.

Voters who steered well clear of the Conservative box on the ballot paper took to social media to voice their upset at the hashtag.

Oh dear....

It didn't take long for people to jump on the Love Actually theme after Johnson hid in a fridge to avoid questions on Good Morning Britain.

In a clip of the incident, one of the PM's aides can be seen mouthing 'oh for f***'s sake' as the reporter approaches the group while Mr Johnson joined an early morning milk round in Yorkshire.

The ITV show's hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid exclaimed loudly in shock as they watched live from the studio.

Within minutes someone had mocked up a version of Johnson's video with one of the cards reading: "Can I hide in your fridge?".

Hugh Grant, one of the stars of the 2003 hit movie, has also pointed out the glaring omission from Johnson's Love Actually  general election  rip-off.

Grant, who played the Prime Minister, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that he noted the absence of a card that referred to telling the truth.

He said: "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 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.'

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"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."

In the original scene from the romantic comedy, Lincoln's character appeared opposite Keira Knightley's character to profess his love to her.

In Mr Johnson's version, called Vote Conservative Actually, the Prime Minister holds up two placards that read: "With any luck, by next year we'll have  Brexit  done (if Parliament doesn't block it again)."

Other placards say: "Your vote has never been more important, the other guy could win, so you have a choice to make between a working majority or another gridlocked hung parliament."

"Enough, let's get this done," Mr Johnson says at the end of the parody clip, directly referencing the original scene once more while walking away from the woman's house.