Some candidates complaining of lack of ministerial visits and money have turned to Boris Johnson for help
Rishi Sunak during a visit to Cambridge this month. The prime minister spent notably more time campaigning in the south and south-west England than in the north and Midlands.Rishi Sunak during a visit to Cambridge this month. The prime minister spent notably more time campaigning in the south and south-west England than in the north and Midlands.
Johnson, who liaises with Conservative headquarters over the endorsements, responds with brief, sometimes apparently self-filmed clips, usually beginning, “Hi folks, this is Boris Johnson,” and going on to urge people to back their local Tory, warning of a Labour party intent on “wokery” and “kowtowing to the European Union”.
He has spent notably more time in the south and south-west of England, visiting a string of constituencies with 2019 majorities of about 15,000 or above. “In these places, the candidates aren’t being cut off – there is some support. That said, they are not getting volunteers in from other areas, but that’s mainly because there aren’t really any volunteers at all.”Make sense of the UK election campaign with Archie Bland's daily briefing, direct to your inbox at 5pm .
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