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'Is The Party Over?': Boris Johnson Mauled On Newspaper Front Pages

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<strong>Tory benches look thin as ministers defend the PM.</strong>


Boris Johnson is to face MPs amid furious demands from Tories to come clean over his attendance at a reported “bring your own booze” party – but the UK’s national newspapers were already painting a picture of a prime minister on borrowed time.

The PM will make his first public appearance on Wednesday since the leak of an email from his aide Martin Reynolds inviting Downing Street staff to the gathering in May 2020.

The disclosure triggered a new wave of public anger following the reports last year of parties in the run up to Christmas 2020, with Tory MPs openly warning Johnson his position will be “untenable” if he has been shown to have lied.

Downing Street has refused to say if he was present at the May event, despite reports he and his fiancee (now wife), Carrie Symonds, were among around 30 people to attend at a time when such gatherings were banned.

Ahead of prime minister’s questions in the Commons, Johnson was facing some of the most hostile headlines of his premiership – even among the more “friendly” publications.

The Daily Mail (“Is the party over for PM?”), The Guardian (“Angry Tory MPs urge PM to come clean over party”) and The Sun (“It’s my party and I’ll lie low if I want to”) go with the same paparazzi photo of Johnson in a rain-lashed car – echoing infamous photos of Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May’s departures from office.


Guardian front page, Wednesday 12 January 2022: Angry Tory MPs urge PM to come clean over party pic.twitter.com/DnoHBC2W0C

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 11, 2022

THE SUN: It’s my party and I’ll lie low if I want to #TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/hyv18Z21rt

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 11, 2022


The DailyMirror (“The party’s over, Boris”), The DailyTelegraph (“Johnson losing Tory support” – plus a front page picture of isolated junior minister, Michael Ellis, in the Commons), the Metro (“Contempt for the victims”), the Financial Times (“Johnson faces ‘potentially terminal’ showdown over Downing Street parties”) and the i (“PM’s future in jeopardy as Tories rage at lockdown drinks party”) are in a similar place.



Tomorrow’s @DailyMirror THE PARTY’S OVER, BORIS https://t.co/lXFSqp16FVpic.twitter.com/IZlfM7PmRD

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) January 11, 2022

?The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:

'Johnson losing Tory support'#TomorrowsPapersToday

Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomrypic.twitter.com/nYA4Q0WImD

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 11, 2022

Wednesday’s front page:

‘CONTEMPT FOR THE VICTIMS’#tomorrowspaperstoday#BBCPapers#skypaperspic.twitter.com/1aEfvgcxKb

— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) January 11, 2022

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Wednesday 12 January https://t.co/SG8BwfF2iapic.twitter.com/wIeegXjEDk

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 11, 2022

Wednesday's front page: PM's future in jeopardy as Tories rage at lockdown drinks party#TomorrowsPapersToday

Latest from @HugoGye and @singharj: https://t.co/Eu2HecLNSQpic.twitter.com/xID6qfLxj5

— i newspaper (@theipaper) January 11, 2022


The Daily Star goes with the same story but uses a quote from 1970s political satire ‘Yes, Prime Minister’.



Tomorrow's front page: Killer Clowns Alarm#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/N3uCeeVCU8pic.twitter.com/4NTfDBE8Ot

— Daily Star (@dailystar) January 11, 2022


Meanwhile, TheTimes (“Say sorry or doom us all, ministers tell Johnson”) and the DailyExpress (“Don’t blow it now, PM!”) are perhaps the most sympathetic.



Wednesday's Times: "Say sorry or doom us all, ministers tell Johnson" #BBCPapers#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/w54Z0bCspBpic.twitter.com/lcg6Sy71Ql

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) January 11, 2022

Tomorrow's front page: Winning war on Covid, fixed Brexit ... don't blow it now PM!#TomorrowsPapersToday#DowningStreetPartyhttps://t.co/4GGgGU0HEhpic.twitter.com/htw9oT2FIa

— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) January 11, 2022

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