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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Politics
Martin Farrer

‘PM’s long goodbye’: what the papers said about Boris Johnson’s sort-of resignation

Uk front pages composite: Boris Johnson resignation 8th July
Friday’s front pages offered a range of approaches to Boris Johnson’s announcement that he would resign. Composite: The Daily Telegraph/ The Guardian / Daily Mail / Daily Mirror / The Times / Metro

The chaotic choreography of Boris Johnson’s sort-of resignation as prime minister delivered some contrasting front pages on Friday.

The Guardian has a poster-style front page with a picture of an “unrepentant” Johnson during his resignation speech and the headline “It’s (almost) over” in which the words in parentheses are reduced to much smaller point size.

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