The Daily Mail, the Telegraph and the Times have turned on the man they once backed and are supporting Rishi Sunak
Johnson, Sunak and Mordaunt get early backing in Tory leadership race – live
As Boris Johnson jetted in to Gatwick on Saturday morning, the hopes of the nation flew with him: it was just that those hopes, as expressed by formerly supportive newspapers, were that he never goes anywhere near Westminster again.
Rather than welcoming back a conquering hero, the front page of the once-friendly Daily Mail suggested Johnson should humbly meet with his former chancellor, Rishi Sunak, and cook up a plan to unite the riven Tory factions inside the House of Commons and across the country. Quite a change from the days, not so long ago, when Johnson was being hailed as a charismatic leader who had correctly called all the big decisions through the duration of the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
