The crisis engulfing Boris Johnson’s premiership could be reaching the terminal stage, judging by the press reaction to the Tories’ humiliating double byelection losses in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton. The Daily Telegraph, the traditional voice of the Conservative party, carries a splash with the headline “Tory rebels plot next move to unseat PM”, and reports that the prime minister’s “enemies to push for control of 1922 committee after by-election defeats”. “Tory grandees tell Johnson after historic defeat: just go”, is the main story in the Guardian, focusing on the words of the Tory party chair, Oliver Dowden, who quit in the wake of the byelection defeats and wrote in a stinging resignation letter: “We cannot carry on with business as usual. The Express strikes a defiant tone with the headline “Boris vows to fight next general election … and win!”. The i’s front pageThe Scotsman says “Tories plot as Johnson told ‘go now’ for good of party”.

Source: The Guardian June 25, 2022 19:52 UTC