The front pages of British newspapers offer many contrasting shades of gray in their treatment of the Partygate scandal and its implications for Boris Johnson’s tenure on Downing Street.
“Drinking, Fighting, Vomiting: All in One Day,” he said, “is how the Guardian summed up the Prime Minister’s attempt to brazenly publish Sue Gray’s report, which states that the ‘top leadership’ in №10 must be responsible for alcohol culture.
Photo: The Guardian
According to sketch author John Kreis, after 30 seconds of remorse, Johnson quickly returned to write with “the classic narcissist’s apology. An unpleasant torrent of self-pity. Man has sinned more than a sinner. A good man throws himself into a world he barely understands.
The Mirror focuses on how, while the nation was in isolation and grieving for its loved ones, the prime minister and his staff “laughed at all of us.”
Metro takes the comment of Boris Johnson’s senior aide as its title. “Red wine on the walls № 10, vomiting, battle, but ни” We missed it “.
Tomorrow’s newspaper today 📰
‘We broke up with HIM’
🔴 Brazen Downing St officials knew everyone was breaking the rules 🔴 The prime minister says he is sorry, but then denies lying to parliament pic.twitter.com/tjE0RQ8282
– Metro (@MetroUK) May 25, 2022
The FT says “Johnson did not bow while Gray reveals ugly details about the 10 parties” and believes the Tory coup is now “unlikely”.
I tackle the subject of Gray’s conclusion: “Failure of Leadership.”
However, the picture is very different if you look at some of the documents supporting Tori.
The Mail takes on an outraged tone with a headline asking, “Is this it?” It is positioned under a long subtitle that builds on its main focus: “For months, the prime minister’s enemies have been drooling over the prospect of Sue Gray being stabbed. And yet, after the harmless photos in her report on him with M&S juice and sandwiches, even they must be asking… ”
Nor is there any possibility of confusing the Express with any of Johnson’s enemies, as this gives the Prime Minister an easy journey. “Is that really all the fuss about?” Is its headline on the front page of a photo of him toasting his staff.
For the Telegraph, Gray’s report is not the main story of the day, as he prefers to lead with “Sunak to extend the relief of energy bills.” However, Johnson reportedly denied “covering up Abba’s party in the Downing Street apartment” and also made a unlikely joke about an inside story by TV presenter Patrick Kilty reading “Wild Late Nights at Sue Gray’s Pub.”
The Times also puts the cost of living first, followed by Gray. Its title is “The Gray Report Justifies Me for Party 10,” Johnson said.
Photo: The Times
Meanwhile, The Sun combines the two in what it calls a “message to Prime Minister Boris.” “The party (the gate) is over… now help our readers overcome the cost of living crisis.”
But if pro-Johnson newspapers hope their champion is finally out of the woods, treating the story from the non-London press could pause.
Northern Echo, which serves many constituencies that turned the Tories into 2019, has a heavy front page featuring a photo of Johnson overlaid with the words of Middlesbrough Labor MP Andy MacDonald as the caption: “” Blood on your dirty privileged hands. ” The newspaper says 66% of its readers want Johnson to come out of number 10 amid anger over how “countless lives in the Northeast were lost while the prime minister was partying.”
The Yorkshire Post is not so blood-curdling, but it is nonetheless a curse for a government with many locations in the region. “Failure of Leadership and Judgment,” says a photo of a sad-looking Johnson.
It would be tempting to follow the chronology of the day, leaving the last word to the Prime Minister. Some will. Some will not. Some will make their own titles. But we knew from the beginning today that we wanted to allow Sue Gray the kindness to sum it up, so we did. pic.twitter.com/1xDknnPqQH
– James Mitchinson (@JayMitchinson) May 25, 2022
In Scotland, the Record says “Tory party enough to make you sick.”
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