What the papers say – January 17
Boris Johnson’s efforts to “save his own skin” as the heat increases over Downing Street parties dominate the national papers as the working week begins.
The Daily Telegraph reports the Prime Minister was questioned by senior civil servant Sue Gray as part of her investigation into “partygate”.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Johnson questioned by Gray over partygate'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 16, 2022
Boris Johnson is set to “axe” senior officials “as he tries to save his own skin”, according to the Daily Mirror.
Tomorrow's front page: Johnson's scapegoats #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/ANFPWFoTCi pic.twitter.com/8QKa4L1pbi
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) January 16, 2022
Labour are quoted on the front of The Guardian accusing the PM of targeting the BBC in a desperate attempt to save his own premiership.
Guardian front page, Monday 17 January 2022: PM accused of attacking BBC to save his own skin pic.twitter.com/orLUPtXRGq
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) January 16, 2022
The Daily Express refers to Mr Johnson’s allies as saying he will fight tooth and nail to save his political future with a blitz of popular policies.
Monday’s Daily EXPRESS: PM: Fightback Plan To Level Up Britain” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/WG05VfvYw4
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) January 16, 2022
Tory MPs, including former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, call in the Daily Mail for Sir Keir Starmer to apologise for drinking with colleagues in a Labour office in April.
Monday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/ls0omLdnO7
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) January 16, 2022
The Times says the PM will call in the military to stem the flow of migrant boats crossing the Channel, while The Independent reports child refugees are being forced to share rooms and even beds with adult strangers due to increased numbers.
Monday’s TIMES: “PM calls in military to stem flow of migrants” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/qMvwpQmRBT
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) January 16, 2022
Tomorrow's @independent front page #tomorrowspaperstoday To subscribe to the Daily Edition https://t.co/koJc3LN1ax pic.twitter.com/fMQoFXlW2h
— Thair Shaikh (@ThairShaikh) January 16, 2022
Tobias Ellwood, Tory chairman of the Commons defence committee, is quoted by i as saying Mr Johnson announcing initiatives and potentially sacking staff “will not be enough to repair trust with Parliament and the nation”.
Monday's front page: Operation dead meat – senior Tories warn that Boris Johnson's plan to save himself does not go far enough
Report by @ChaplainChloe: https://t.co/U27i1hgWv3#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/3adiNUBsYl
— i newspaper (@theipaper) January 16, 2022
Meanwhile, The Sun reports the Queen will not help the the Duke of Sussex as he attempts to arrange police protection while in the UK, in a story also covered by the Daily Star.
Monday’s SUN: “On YEiiR Own Harry” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/YLXBHfshuU
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) January 16, 2022
Tomorrow’s front page: Totally ordinary bloke who does totally ordinary things says he’s, er.. extraordinary #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/Z5eOUyn321 pic.twitter.com/34IaJ0hE5Z
— Daily Star (@dailystar) January 16, 2022
World number one men’s tennis player Novak Djokovic has been deported from Australia and branded an “icon of anti-vaxxers”, according to Metro.
Monday's front page:
GO PACK DJOKOVIC#TomorrowsPapersToday #bbcpapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/8ppgRfFTbv
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) January 16, 2022
And the Financial Times says pharmaceutical firms GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer are holding out for a £60 billion bid from Unilever for their consumer healthcare joint venture.
Just published: Front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, for Monday 17 January pic.twitter.com/K3TzJhkTOU
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 17, 2022