‘Johnson on the brink’: what the papers said about Boris Johnson’s cabinet resignations
by Graham Russell and Martin Farrer from on (#613TH)
The front pages are almost unanimous in declaring that the prime minister's time in No 10 could be up soon
After limping along in the wake of the Partygate investigation, multiple sex scandals and successive policy failures, Boris Johnson is approaching the endgame of his time in Downing Street, according to the papers.
On the brink", hanging by a thread" and Last chance saloon" are just some of the metaphors employed by the headline writers to describe the prime minister's predicament on Wednesday morning after he was deserted by two of his most senior cabinet ministers.
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