The “emphatic victory” of Nigel Farage’s Brexit party and humiliation of the Tories and Labour have been splashed all over Monday’s front pages.
The Times leads with “Farage surge sends main parties into meltdown” with a photograph of the beaming party leader front and centre. The paper says the Brexit party headed “towards a sweeping victory” as the European election revealed the “collapse” in Tory support and “dramatic slump” in Labour votes.
The “scale of defeat” will make Tory MPs even more “desperate to avoid a general election,” it adds.
Monday’s TIMES (2nd edition): “Farage surge sends main parties into meltdown” #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/3C0EYFyGS0
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 26, 2019
The Daily Mail splashes with a picture of Boris Johnson and Farage nose to nose and the headline: “Farage plunges dagger; knives out for Boris” in reference to the “double crisis” the Tories are facing.
The paper reports Johnson’s “no-deal stance” could lead to government collapse and says Farage’s polling caused “one of the worst electoral hammerings” in Tory history.
DAILY MAIL: Farage plunges dagger....Knives out for Boris #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/2YUTzfB4C8
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 26, 2019
It’s a different story in the Express: “NOW give us the Brexit we voted for”. The paper reports the chances of a no-deal Brexit have “escalated dramatically after a seismic anti-Brussels vote” and suspects the vote will give “a boost to Boris Johnson”.
EXPRESS: NOW give us the Brexit we voted for #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/zCCDSKGYaL
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 26, 2019
The Guardian’s focus is on the rise of smaller parties. “Tories and Labour savaged as voters take revenge over Brexit” is the headline. The paper reports on the Brexit party winning the “biggest share of the vote”, but also draws on the “pro-remain sentiment” that delivered a surge of votes to the Lib Dems and Greens.
The @guardian front page, Monday 27 May #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/rFFs0Bdf2z
— Bonnie Malkin (@bonniemalkin) May 27, 2019
The Telegraph leads on the disgraced Conservative party, with the headline: “Farage humiliates Tories in EU poll”.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph: '#Farage humiliates Tories in EU poll' #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/k5t451u7A5
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 26, 2019
The i splashes on “Voters turn against Tories and Labour”.
Monday’s i - second edition: “Voters turn against Tories and Labour” #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/V9evECNPCl
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 26, 2019
The Financial Times focuses on the dangers of a no-deal Brexit with the headline: “Hammond warns Eurosceptics vying to lead the UK on perils of a no-deal Brexit”.
The paper carries a warning from Hammond that any successor to May “who seeks to push a no-deal Brexit through parliament” will not survive.
FT: Fiat Chrysler and Renault weigh merger #Tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/ZcE35P5kj6
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 26, 2019
The Sun splashes on “the world’s ex-fattest man” but notes in passing “Farage Euro poll triumph”.
Tomorrow's front page: 'The world's fattest man returns to the UK tomorrow - to demand £100,000 of free NHS care' https://t.co/mcBbWv8dsV pic.twitter.com/UQOiBGf8x8
— The Sun (@TheSun) May 26, 2019
