A pro-Ukip businessman who forced Liam Fox to resign as Defence Secretary is behind an extraordinary bid to defeat a ‘ golden boy ’ Tory candidate . Tycoon Harvey Boulter has already given £30,000 to the Ukip candidate fighting Fox in his Somerset seat in a continued vendetta against him . Boulter is also spending another £30,000 to try to defeat Tom Tugendhat , who is standing for the Tories in Tonbridge and West Malling , Kent . Scroll down for video . Pro-Ukip businessman Harvey Boulter ( above ) , who forced Liam Fox to resign as Defence Secretary , is behind an extraordinary bid to defeat a ‘ golden boy ’ Tory candidate . Tugendhat ’ s father , Sir Michael Tugendhat , is the High Court judge who awarded Fox a six-figure sum in damages after he sued Boulter for libellous remarks made on Sky TV . Fox resigned from the Cabinet in 2011 after Boulter revealed details of how Fox ’ s close friend , businessman Adam Werritty , accompanied him on overseas trips as Defence Secretary . Mr Boulter said : ‘ This may look like naked revenge and in a sense it is . I was outraged with what happened in the court case. ’ A Tory Party spokesman last night declined to comment . Fox ( above ) resigned from the Cabinet in 2011 after Boulter revealed details of how Fox ’ s close friend , businessman Adam Werritty , accompanied him on overseas trips as Defence Secretary .
Harvey reports revealed former foreign secretary took a job abroad . He is now giving money to the victims of Tom Tugendhat .