Boris Johnson given £1m donation by former Brexit party backer
by Peter Walker Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#67RZ5)
Tech investor Christopher Harborne's gift to former PM's personal office is one of biggest ever recorded to individual UK politician
Boris Johnson has received a donation of 1m from a Thai-based British businessman who had previously given millions of pounds to Nigel Farage's Brexit party, the newly released register of MPs' interests has shown.
Christopher Harborne, a tech industry investor who had previously donated to the Conservatives but gave the Brexit party 6m before the 2019 general election, handed the 1m donation to Johnson's personal office, set up after he left No 10.
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