In a sharp vocal attack against the opposition party, Boris Johnson has asked voters to think if they want to go “backward under Ed Miliband or forward under David Cameron.”
Speaking to Asian Voice, he said: “We are going to win. Things are moving in our direction. We can never be complacent but I think everywhere we go, in London at the moment, people notice that economies are turning around, there are more jobs and homes, and they don’t want to see us going back to the Labour which was a disaster.”
“The choice between Ed Miliband and David Cameron is very simple. You go backward under Miliband and forward with competent, Conservative government under Cameron.”
He described Mr Cameron as a balanced and trustworthy man who does things that is in the best interest of the whole country.
The London Mayor was in Wealdstone on Friday to support Conservative candidate from West Harrow Hannah David’s campaign for bringing crossrails to Harrow.
He was greeted by a group of local activists who had turned out braving the cold and wind to show the Mayor that this project is important for the people of Harrow.
Boris also posed for photograph with the campaigners and joined them in shouting slogans, before going around with Hannah to talk to local people.
He said: “Harrow is particularly a happy and lucky area because it is so diverse. Whenever I come to Harrow, I see there is an amazing atmosphere, and real friendliness on the streets. I think it comes from having a large and diverse immigrant population.”
The Conservative party’s aggressive policies on immigration have not gone down well with the large ethnic minority population in the UK and it has been increasingly seen by many as an electoral disadvantage. To make his party’s stance on immigration clear, he said: “London is a great city built on immigration. Our plans are to enable everybody to have a fair crack of the whip; everybody in London has to be given a chance to make most of their lives and that applies to every community.”
He added: “However, we got to make sure you don’t have people abusing the immigration system or coming here illegally. It is also important to make sure that the local councils are able to cope with the numbers and you don’t want people coming here and just using the system.”
Hannah David backed him by saying that their conservative policies are for everyone and she would like to see more MPs from the ethnic minority communities.
She said: “It is important that ethnic communities get engaged within the process and are encouraged to be interested in politics.”
The crossrail, she said, is an attempt to bring in more investment and business opportunities for the local people in Harrow.
She added: “The support we have seen for this scheme from local people and key stakeholders, such as the Mayor, has been overwhelming. I am now determined to drive this project through to completion.”
