‘Disgrace’: what the papers said as Boris Johnson faces calls to resign

Amid the derision, supportive papers try to rally around the PM but report that ambitious' Rishi Sunak is waiting in the wings

The newspaper front pages have piled the pressure on Boris Johnson as the prime minister fights for his political life over the scandal of the bring your own booze" lockdown-era party at Downing Street.

The Mirror's banner headline on Thursday is Disgrace", set below a picture of Johnson giving his humiliating apology to the Commons for not realising" the event in the back garden of 10 Downing Street on 20 May 2020 was a party.