UK coronavirus: 'This is not the time to end the lockdown,' says Boris Johnson in address to nation – as it happens
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10.06pm BST
Metro: It's all Greek to us, Boris #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/snx296bsyB
Daily Mail: Boris keeps handbrake on #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/GNp1t3ud20
Daily Telegraph: The long road to freedom #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/igTlQNGvMB
Daily Mirror: Lockdown Britain: It's chaos #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/LoNf3lJvYP
Financial Times: Johnson lays out three-phase plan for putting Britain back to work #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Ddgp9u4G71
The Times: PM sets out lockdown exit plan #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/LzcW3sK3kG
Daily Express: Boris: Our route to freedom ... in baby steps #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/axigdTbekE
The Scotsman: Stay at home' remains as PM faces backlash #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/HDPA6OUnKZ
Yorkshire Post: Lockdown to stay until care homes epidemic' is ended #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/aKcyCXfkCk
9.50pm BST
These are from my colleague Martin Kettle.
At 7pm on Sunday May 10, Boris Johnson effectively ceased to be the prime minister of the UK and became prime minister of England.
Boris Johnson has done this the wrong way round. He should have made Commons statement as a detailed document was published and answered questions. Only then should he have addressed the nation on TV. Instead he has launched a jumble with many large questions unanswered.
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