Alexander Temerko said said he’s backing Boris Johnson to succeed David Cameron as prime minister, because George Osborne doesn’t understand business.

I like George personally, he’s a very good man, but without global vision. Boris is a driver. He can build a team.

Temerko’s involvement with the Conservatives has given him a taste for British politics. He said he hopes to stand as a candidate for the party in the 2020 election. “Probably yes,” he said. “I’ll try to find a Labour area and try to persuade people in a Labour industrial area to back a Conservative candidate.