“Anyone who knows my track record knows I won’t just be a backbencher”, says Sagal Abdi-Wali, who is standing as Labour’s candidate in the crucial upcoming Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
She is two weeks away from going head-to-head with Green Party leader Zack Polanski after former prime minister Sir Keir Starmer announced he would stand down from the seat, triggering a by-election.