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The Independent – Double Commons humiliation for blustering Boris Summary of the front page The Independent reports on what it calls a “double Commons” humiliation for Boris Johnson with his appearance at the privileges committee and the defeat of a rebellion against Rishi Sunak’s Windsor Framework Brexit deal. The front page features a large image of Boris at the hearing. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

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The Guardian – ‘Flimsy’ Partygate answers leave Johnson on the brink Summary of the front page The Guardian says Boris Johnson’s “flimsy” partygate answers to the privileges committee leave his political career “on the brink.” The paper reports that he’s facing a formal reprimand for misleading Parliament. The paper says “flimsy” Partygate answers have left him “on the brink”, after the MPs investigating him suggested he’d wrongly interpreted Covid guidance. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

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Daily Express – Boris: Hand on heart I did not lie to House Summary of the front page The Daily Express leads with Boris Johnson’s “hand on heart” claim to the privileges committee that he did not lie to the House of Commons. The paper describes the former prime minister as “bullish” as he faced what it calls his “interrogators in a televised showdown”. The front page also features an image of Prince William visiting troops. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

The Sun – Wills the freedom fighter Summary of the front page The Sun reports on Prince William’s trip to the Ukrainian border to meet with troops on the NATO frontline in Poland. The Prince of Wales made a secret trip to Poland to meet British troops close to Poland’s border with Ukraine. There is a large picture of the future king joking with smiling soldiers. The paper reports he told them they were “defending our freedoms” from Putin’s Russia. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

Daily Mirror – Just drinks after a difficult day? Plenty of people were having difficult days, Boris Summary of the front page The Daily Mirror says Boris Johnson has been accused by opposition MPs of insulting families of COVID victims with his comments at the privileges committee. The paper accuses him of “insulting Covid families” – and “those who sacrificed so much” with a “string of Partygate excuses”. “Just drinks after a difficult day? asks its headline – with the response: “plenty of people were having difficult days, Boris.” Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National…

Boris Johnson facing formal reprimand for misleading parliament The Guardian says Boris Johnson faces being formally reprimanded for recklessly misleading parliament after MPs investigating the Partygate scandal denounced his “flimsy” explanations and suggested he had wrongly interpreted Covid guidance. The former prime minister was left fighting for his political career after a tetchy three-and-a-half-hour evidence session in which he repeatedly claimed No 10 parties, with alcohol and little social distancing, had been “necessary” for work purposes. Harriet Harman, the chair of the privileges committee investigating whether Johnson deliberately misled MPs over lockdown gatherings, expressed dismay at the “flimsy nature” of…

Boris Johnson claimed No 10 drinks party was for official who didn’t leave until month later The Independent says Boris Johnson has been urged to correct his Partygate inquiry testimony after he was found to have claimed a No 10 party marked the exit of the top civil servant who did not resign until a month later. The former Tory prime minister claimed the notorious “bring your own booze” garden party on 20 May 2020 had been aimed at motivating staff because cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill had quit. But Mr Sedwill did not resign until 29 June 2020 – more…