Meet Rishi Sunak's Labor opponent who hopes to bring down the PM

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The man who could become the face of the biggest shock in British political history has claimed that whether he wins or not, there is a "current of change "underlying" in the electorate which means that once the Tory strongholds have fallen, Tom Wilson is the 29-year-old Labor candidate running against Rishi Sunak in Richmond and Northallerton and who, according to this week's polls last, could be the first electoral “king-killer”. " – in the sense that he could be the first person to defeat a sitting Prime Minister in a general election.

He became a person of interest to the entire political establishment when An MRP poll last week suggested Mr Sunak's constituency was 'too close to decide'.

For anyone looking for this election's so-called 'Portillo moment' – named after Michael Portillo's shock defeat in the Tories' collapse in 1997 - it seemed unbeatable p>

Tom Wilson met briefly with the Prime Minister on Sunday, giving him a hug. hand while they were both campaigning in the constituency (Tom Wilson)

In his first major national newspaper interview, Mr Wilson told The Independent that the reactions he is receiving in the Yorkshire constituency where he grew up suggest that a final electoral shock could be possible.

But the fact that the Conservatives are said to have sent extra bodies to help the Prime Minister to retain a seat he won with a majority of more than 27,000 votes in 2019 is a victory in itself.

“It takes years. There is [...