Many in former PM’s constituency say they are disillusioned with politics as a byelection looms
t was not until the final paragraphs of Boris Johnson’s more than 1,000-word resignation letter – after the comments about Brexit revenge, witch-hunts and kangaroo courts – that he managed to devote a line or two to the job he would be leaving behind: MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
She had not, however, thought she would see the back of him so soon. “I expected him to loiter around like they all do.”Photograph: Andy Hall/The ObserverConservatives She plans to use her first vote in the upcoming byelection to vote for Labour. “In this constituency there’s no point in voting for anyone other than Labour if you want to get the Tories out.”
Since Covid, local sentiment towards Johnson has switched, she said, from positive to distrustful. She said while the government partied in Downing Street, she and other teenagers were trapped inside. “It makes me so angry. I feel like I missed a really important part of my life.”
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