A picture of Boris Johnson holding hands with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds features on several front pages today, though many papers express cynicism about the timing and staging of the pic.
“What a Carrie on,” says the Mirror, alongside the picture of the pair sitting on wooden chairs in the Sussex countryside. In a strapline across the page, the Mirror denounces the “Race for No 10 shambles”.
Tomorrow's front page: What a Carrie on#tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/lpc0gDIM54 pic.twitter.com/QU4HOQJTb9
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 24, 2019
The Metro has the same “Carrie on” pun in its main headline while the i has; “Johnson breaks his silence but refuses to discuss his ‘loved ones’”.
The Telegraph is more sympathetic to its star columnist and leads with a headline saying: “Boris tries to keep the show on the road”. However, it also splashes the lovers picture on its front page and says that while the “picture paints a thousand words” it “raises many more questions”.
The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph: ‘Boris tries to keep the show on the road’ #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/psVs89hOvn
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 24, 2019
Not every paper uses the picture but they still report on the Tory leadership dramas. The Guardian has: “Johnson plans media blitz as Hunt calls him a ‘bottler’” and the Times says “‘Cowardly’ Johnson launches fightback”.
The Express calls in arch-Brexiter Jacob Rees-Mogg to rally to Johnson’s defence with a splash saying: “Time to stop the war on Boris”.
The Mail features the picture of Johnson and Symonds and a deeply unimpressed headline: “Boris and the Mills & Boon scene that takes us all for fools”, though its main story is “Your £2.4m bill to do up Meghan and Harry’s cottage”. As is the Sun’s: “Harry’s $2.4m home Megover”.
Tuesday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/XVQ0DFZ68N
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) June 24, 2019
The FT also has a front-page stry on the Tory leadership frontrunner, but it is about what he might do if he reaches No 10. It says: “Johnson’s tax plans would cost £20bn and risk prlonging austerity, says IFS.” It’s main story, however, is about events in the Middle East: “Trump raises stakes with fresh sanctions on Iran’s supreme leader.”
Tuesday’s FT: Trump raises stakes with fresh sanctions on Iran’s supreme leader #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/VhDKCiYWJg
— Helen Miller (@MsHelicat) June 24, 2019
