The crisis engulfing Prime Minister Boris Johnson may reach a final stage, judging by the reaction of the press to the humiliating double losses of the Tories in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton.
The Daily Telegraph, the traditional voice of the Conservative Party, is titled “The Tory Rebels are planning the next move to overthrow the prime minister” and reports that the prime minister’s enemies “insist on control of the 1922 commission after the midterm elections”.
The Times has a very similar leading story under the headline “The Prime Minister Faces a New Tory Threat” and quotes a minister who says that some disgruntled ministers facing dismissal in the upcoming change of government may resign and lead ” preventive strikes ”against Johnson.
“Tory grandees tell Johnson after historic defeat: just go,” is the main story in the Guardian, focusing on the words of Tory party chairman Oliver Dowden, who left after the midterm defeats and wrote in a pathetic letter of resignation. : “We cannot continue with the usual business. Someone has to take responsibility. “
The Mirror says “Go now”, echoing the call of former Tory leader Michael Howard that the party would be “better” if Johnson resigned.
The express sets a provocative tone with the title “Boris swears to fight in the next general election … and win!”.
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But fears raging in the ranks of the Tories are underscored by Sajid Javid’s Mail, which urges Labor and Liberal Democrats to “clarify” what he says is an unofficial coalition designed to oust Boris. Johnson. “Javid: Tell the public the truth about the pact against the Tories,” the headline said.
The FT reports that “Johnson is facing a new crisis as the Tories lose two by-elections and their party chairman,” but the front-page headline is on the big news from America: “US Supreme Court rejects Rowe v. Wade on abortion rights. “
I also leads to the history of abortion, but carries what is called an “exclusive” front-page story that says “Johnson is threatened with a new vote of no confidence.”
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The Scotsman says: “The Tories are thinking, as Johnson said, ‘go now’ for a good party.”
The Yorkshire Post, whose region includes many Tory MPs, the majority of whom are vulnerable in the next general election, leads with the “prime minister prepared for” attacks “by voters.
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