Boris Johnson looked to demonstrate his desire to get Brexit done as he drove a JCB digger through a wall of polystyrene boxes with "Deadlock" written across it.

The stunt came as a new YouGov poll revealed a hung parliament can't be ruled out in Thursday's General Election.

On a visit to a JCB factory in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, the PM drove through the wall in a digger emblazoned with the Union Jack and the words "Get Brexit Done".

In his speech in Staffordshire, the PM said: "We have a vision for this country. We want to unite it and take it forward.

"We think that talent and genius is evenly distributed throughout this country but we think opportunity is not."

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But as the PM tried to leave the factory, his campaign bus was forced to stop as Extinction Rebellion protesters surrounded the bus, with some gluing themselves to the front of it.

The PM was not on board at the time, and police attended the scene.

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One activist, identified as James, said: "We're from Extinction Rebellion. The Conservatives have failed for the duration of the entire General Election campaign, with only two days to go, to raise the prospect of the climate and ecological crisis which is facing humanity and all life on this planet."

He added: "The Conservatives have a decarbonisation target of 2050, which is quite frankly a death sentence for everybody."

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Johnson's JCB stunt was popular with some.

But others dismissed the move, with Labour supporter and trade unionist Mark Ferguson tweeting: "This metaphor isn't what Johnson thinks it is. The wall is fake, he built it, it's made a pointless mess, quite clearly that's a doorway, and he's only good at knocking things down, not building things."

The latest polling indicates the Tories are on course for a slim majority on Thursday.

YouGov's final MRP poll ahead of the election predicts the Conservatives to win 339 seats, Labour 231, the Lib Dems 15 and the SNP 41.

Although this would give the PM a majority of 28, the margin of error for the results means that a hung parliament can't be ruled out, according to Anthony Wells, YouGov's director of political research.

Corbyn was dealt a blow on Tuesday when Labour bigwig Jonathan Ashworth was caught on tape saying voters "can't stand Corbyn".

He said the party was set to lose Brexit-voting traditional Labour heartland seats in the north and the Midlands.

"In Mansfield, in Ashfield, it's dire for the Labour Party up there, these traditional working areas," said Ashworth.

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