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| Boris Johnson: Hundreds back Owen Jones' campaign to unseat Foreign Secretary | Boris Johnson: Hundreds back Owen Jones' campaign to unseat Foreign Secretary |
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| Hundreds of people are planning to attend an event campaigning for Boris Johnson to be unseated from his west London constituency. | |
| The event, which was set up by campaigner and columnist Owen Jones, is set to take place in the Foreign Secretary's Uxbridge seat. | The event, which was set up by campaigner and columnist Owen Jones, is set to take place in the Foreign Secretary's Uxbridge seat. |
| Thousands have said they are interested in attending on 23 July to canvas against the politician. | Thousands have said they are interested in attending on 23 July to canvas against the politician. |
| "The case for campaigning to replace Boris Johnson with a Labour MP is so overwhelming it barely needs writing," Mr Jones wrote on the Facebook event page. | "The case for campaigning to replace Boris Johnson with a Labour MP is so overwhelming it barely needs writing," Mr Jones wrote on the Facebook event page. |
| "Johnson was sacked twice for lying: by his newspaper editor and his party leader. Johnson has called black people 'piccaninnies' with 'watermelon smiles'. | "Johnson was sacked twice for lying: by his newspaper editor and his party leader. Johnson has called black people 'piccaninnies' with 'watermelon smiles'. |
| "Johnson once discussed the possibility of a journalist beaten up in a recorded phone interview." | "Johnson once discussed the possibility of a journalist beaten up in a recorded phone interview." |
| The former London mayor saw his majority slashed by half in June's general election, taking 23,716 votes, a majority of 5,034 ahead of Labour's Vincent Lo. | The former London mayor saw his majority slashed by half in June's general election, taking 23,716 votes, a majority of 5,034 ahead of Labour's Vincent Lo. |
| In 2015, the politician won with a majority of 10,700 votes over his Labour rival. | In 2015, the politician won with a majority of 10,700 votes over his Labour rival. |
| On Monday, Mr Johnson became the latest senior figure to argue the 1 per cent ceiling on wage rises must be lifted after seven years, in the wake of the Conservatives’ election disaster. | On Monday, Mr Johnson became the latest senior figure to argue the 1 per cent ceiling on wage rises must be lifted after seven years, in the wake of the Conservatives’ election disaster. |