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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Politics
Graham Russell

‘Party’s over, Boris’: what the UK papers say about Johnson’s Partygate resignation

composite of uk newspaper front pages about Boris Johnson's resignation as MP
Boris Johnson’s resignation as MP over the Partygate report into his conduct during the Covid pandemic dominated Saturday’s newspaper front pages. Composite: i weekend/The Sun/Daily Mail/Daily Record/The Times

Boris Johnson’s departure from life as an MP ahead of the publication of the Partygate report plays out across Saturday’s front pages, which are filled with a mixture of acrimony, triumph and predictions of further “Tory bloodletting”.

The Guardian focuses on the reason for his decision to resign as MP, noting that the privileges committee found he misled parliament and recommended a lengthy suspension from the House of Commons. It finds a spot lower down for the reaction to Rishi Sunak approving Johnson’s honours list, regarded as rewarding those involved in the Partygate scandal.

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