The Labour candidate fighting Boris Johnson for his seat is increasingly confident that he can unseat the prime minister and make political history.
Ali Milani, the Labour candidate running to make political history by unseating Boris Johnson in his constituency of Uxbridge & South Ruislip.The man fighting to unseat him is increasingly confident that voters will unseat the British prime minister.
The Conservatives are expected to pour money and resources into the campaign, with one eye on the huge surge of support for the Labour candidate in 2017, which saw Johnson's majority fall from over 10,000 to just over 5,000. "Everybody knows it. Even Tories in the area know it — for Boris, every move, every step has been a calculation to Number 10."
Milani, meanwhile, plans to talk up his own local credentials on the doorstep, and try to win over Conservative voters who want a representative who cares about local issues. Milani's profile sits in stark contrast to the Eton-educated prime minister. Unlike Johnson, Milani grew up as an immigrant on a council estate, lost friends to knife crime, and witnessed his mother become homeless while he was studying at university.
"We're talking about unseating a sitting prime minister. It's never happened before, so of course it's not going to be easy," Milani says.
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