Boris Johnson tried to use Prospect magazine as voter ID at polling station [Video]

Boris Johnson has said he tried to use a magazine about politics as voter ID when he turned up to the polls this week.

Mr Johnson had been trying to cast his vote in the local elections in South Oxfordshire on Thursday but fell foul of legislation he introduced himself as prime minister.

Staff initially turned the former Conservative Party leader away because he could not produce a proper voter ID.

Writing for the Daily Mail after the incident, Mr Johnson claims he attempted to use a copy of Prospect magazine as a form of identification.

“I want to pay a particular tribute to the three villagers who on Thursday rightly turned me away when I appeared in the polling …