A “mortally wounded” Boris Johnson is splashed across the front pages as he battles to keep himself in the top job amid mass resignations.
Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has resigned from the Cabinet, piling further pressure on the embattled Prime Minister.
Mr Lewis told Boris Johnson the Government requires “honesty, integrity and mutual respect” and it is “now past the point of no return”,
His resignation early on Thursday came just hours after former Johnson ally Suella Braverman, the Attorney General, also publicly urged the Prime Minister to go.
Mr Johnson rejected calls to quit on Wednesday and dramatically sacked Cabinet rival Michael Gove.
He was later hit with the departure of a third Cabinet minister – Welsh Secretary Simon Hart.
Mr Johnson met ministers in No 10 on Wednesday, where he was told he has lost the confidence of the Conservative Party and should not continue in office – but refused to listen.
Papers
The Financial Times reports the politician has been “rocked” by a Cabinet revolt, while The Sun has the headline “You’ll have to dip your hands in blood to get rid of me” and The Independent refers to the episode as the “bitter end”.
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— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 6, 2022
Thursday’s Sun: You’ll have to dip your hands in blood to get rid of me #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/z0bBOAjRBa
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The Times says the PM “fights for his life”, he is described as “mortally wounded” by The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail has him staring “down the mutiny”.
Thursday’s Times: Johnson fights for his life #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/tStXwKtoWX
— Helena Wilkinson (@BBCHelena) July 6, 2022
🗞️ The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph:
‘Mortally wounded PM defies Cabinet demands that he quit’#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 6, 2022
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— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) July 6, 2022
The Daily Mirror and Metro quote Mr Johnson’s Brexit slogan back as they call for him to “get exit done”.
Thursday’s front page: Just get exit done#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/nZzXnsf7Ac pic.twitter.com/Au9NtnZp32
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) July 6, 2022
Tomorrow’s paper today 📰
‘GET EXIT DONE BORIS’
🔴 Patel, Zahawi, Shapps tell Johnson to go🔴 But premier ‘fights on’, sack ‘snake’ Gove🔴 42 ministers and aides resign in 24 hours#tomorrowpaperstoday pic.twitter.com/LTg5WIQdc9
— Metro (@MetroUK) July 6, 2022
The Cabinet’s rebellion is described as a “coup” by the i, while the PM is cited on the front of the Daily Express as telling colleagues to back him or face “political oblivion”.
Thursday’s front page: Cabinet coup#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— i newspaper (@theipaper) July 6, 2022
Thursday’s Daily Express front page: PM’s last stand: Back me or face political oblivion #TomorrowsPapersToday
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— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) July 6, 2022
The Guardian calls Mr Johnson “desperate” and “deluded”, with the Daily Star turning to agony aunt Jane O’Gorman as it refers to the politician as a “lying wazzock”.
Guardian front page, Thursday 7 July 2022: Desperate, deluded PM clings to power pic.twitter.com/pKVhCcOQMO
— The Guardian (@guardian) July 6, 2022
Thursday’s Daily Star #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/XjJeOIsvM0
— Helena Wilkinson (@BBCHelena) July 6, 2022