Boris Johnson has broken the record for the most money raised by a British polit...
LONDON - Boris Johnson has broken the record for the most money raised by a British politician in his bid to become prime minister, winning the backing of eurosceptic financiers after hardening his Brexit stance with a “do or die” pledge.
More than half the donations came from financiers and businessmen who funded the campaign to leave the European Union. The support means Johnson has registered 702,000 pounds in the last year, according to figures released by parliament, surpassing the previous fundraising record set by the former foreign minister David Miliband who raised 627,000 pounds for his bid to lead the Labour Party in 2010.
Johnson’s pledge to leave the EU “do or die” — with or without a deal — on Oct. 31 looks set to deepen the three-year Brexit crisis by setting him on a collision course with the bloc’s 27 other leaders and his own parliament Johnson, he added, will be “financially dependent on an even smaller group of funders who are likely to back the most extreme Brexit or even no-deal.”
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