Boris Johnson's leadership past point of no return, says big Tory donor
Boris Johnson's premiership is past the point of no return and he should resign, a financier who has given the Conservatives more than £3m says.
John Armitage told the BBC that challenges facing the West demanded "serious, engaged" politicians.
He has given the Tories more than £500,000 since Mr Johnson became PM but donated £12,500 last year to Labour.
Mr Armitage, co-founder of the hedge fund firm Egerton Capital, told the BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, he found the current political situation "tremendously upsetting".
Describing himself as a "middle-of-the-road conservative", Mr Armitage said he admired politicians on the left and right, and said current global challenges to the West required ''very serious, engaged politicians with a sense of purpose".
"Politicians should go into politics to do good for their country," Mr Armitage added. "That is the overwhelming reason to be in politics. I don't think it's about your own personal sense of getting to the top of a snakes-and-ladders game.
"And I feel that, if you lose moral authority, and if you do things which the average person - your mother, someone you try to explain to, someone who you admire - if you do something or say something, which on the front page of the Sunday Times looks terrible, and you do that consistently, and you betray a sense of not really caring, I think you should leave
"And I find the lack of honour inherent in modern politics, incredibly distressing."
Asked if Mr Johnson was "past the point of no return", he replied: "Well, personally yes."
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