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Rich people keep bank rolling Boris Johnson to become next Prime Minister

TORY leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson has raked in over a quarter of a million pounds in donations over the last fortnight.

In the same period his only rival for the top job, Jeremy Hunt, has not received a penny.

The latest figures published by Parliament strongly suggest Mr Johnson has consolidated his lead among the party’s wealthiest supporters.

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