Johnson’s arrival on the campaign trail comes amid Tory strategists’ nerves about a potential upset in North Shropshire
Boris Johnson has made a surprise visit to North Shropshire in an apparent sign of Tory jitters about a Lib Dem challenge in what is usually a staunchly Conservative seat in a byelection on 16 December.
The prime minister met people having booster vaccinations at a chemist in Oswestry, the biggest town in the constituency, the day after the Conservatives held another safe seat, Old Bexley and Sidcup, with a much-reduced majority.
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