‘Surely … not again’: what the papers say about Johnson and the Tory leadership race

Former PM Johnson and ex-chancellor Rishi Sunak dominate front pages as the contest for the Conservative party's top job intensifies

• Johnson flies back to UK as Sunak's backers claim he has passed threshold of 100 MPs

The Conservative party leadership race fills newspaper front pages with a focus on the possible return of Boris Johnson to the top job.

Rishi Sunak, whose backers claim he has passed the threshold of 100 MPs needed to get on the ballot paper, also featured prominently as the contest intensified.