BORIS Johnson visited Abingdon today to support Conservative candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon, Nicola Blackwood.

Mr Johnson, the Mayor of London, spoke in Market Place in the town centre and hundreds of people turned out to hear him.

He was campaigning ahead of Thursday's general election in a seat his party won from the lib Dems in 2010 by just 176 votes.

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He said: "It's only the Conservatives that want to take this country forward, that believe in the genius of this country.

"On the whole we Conservatives think that we can ensure tomorrow will be better than today. That is what we are fighting for in this election."