Tory donor Lord Cruddas has threatened to cut off the party's funding in protest at Rishi Sunak's betrayal of Boris Johnson.
The City financier, who has given almost £4million to the Conservatives, warned the former chancellor was 'not fit for high office'.
Lord Cruddas has shared a series of posts on social media describing Mr Sunak as a 'rat', 'a treacherous snake', a 'little weasel', a 'backstabber' and 'Fishy Rishi'. Other insults include the leader of a 'coup' who 'must be removed'.
Lord Cruddas has called Mr Sunak a 'backstabber' and says he will not give the Conservatives a planned £500,000 unless the membership is able to vote on whether Boris Johnson should remain as Prime Minister
Lord Cruddas grew up on a council estate and made his fortune setting up a major online trading firm
One such post included a caricature of Mr Sunak with the words: 'The hand that wields the knife shall never wear the crown.'
Lord Cruddas told : 'I planned to donate a total of £500,000 this year but that is on hold and will not be paid unless the membership have a chance to vote on Boris being PM.
'I have no interest in Rishi, who I deem to be not fit for high office due to his plotting and the orchestrated way he and others resigned to remove the PM.'
Lord Cruddas, who was handed a peerage by Mr Johnson last year, made his fortune setting up online trading firm CMC Markets.
He grew up on a council estate in east London and left school aged 15 with no qualifications.
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