Newspaper headlines: 'Boris breaks silence' and 'Rishi remains favourite'

The bulk of Saturday's papers pb with the contention to go the adjacent Conservative leader. The Sun reports that Boris Johnson has said helium is "up for it" arsenic helium flew location from his Caribbean vacation to effort to "wrestle back" the keys to No10. Last-ditch talks with Rishi Sunak could beryllium held contiguous to debar a clash for the Tory crown, the insubstantial says.

The Guardian says that Boris Johnson was gaining crushed past nighttime for an audacious bid to instrumentality to Downing Street, contempt critics informing helium risked plunging the Tories into caller chaos implicit the impending parliamentary enquiry into the Partygate scandal. The insubstantial says that Rishi Sunak remains the favourite to triumph the Tory enactment contest, portion Penny Mordaunt besides throws her chapeau into the ring.

The Financial Times says that investors and immoderate Tory MPs took fright yesterday arsenic Boris Johnson considered moving for a 2nd stint arsenic premier minister, with warnings that helium risked triggering further governmental and economical chaos. The insubstantial quotes erstwhile Tory person Lord William Hague who said a Johnson comeback was the worst thought helium had heard successful 46 years of a enactment membership, telling Times Radio it would enactment the enactment into a "death spiral".

Senior Tories are trying to broker a face-to-face gathering betwixt Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak successful a bid to extremity the "bloodletting" engulfing the party, the Daily Mail reports. The insubstantial says Johnson is understood to beryllium consenting to conscionable his estranged erstwhile chancellor successful the anticipation of burying the hatchet and "thrashing retired a woody to govern together".

The Daily Express besides reports that Boris Johnson has declared that he's "up for it" arsenic helium prepares to motorboat an "extraordinary governmental comeback". The insubstantial says he's flying backmost from vacation arsenic enactment grows for his instrumentality arsenic premier minister.

The Daily Telegraph says Rishi Sunak is pushing towards a "coronation" successful the Tory enactment contention by securing the bulk of MPs arsenic Boris Johnson backers began informing of a stitch-up. The insubstantial says it tin uncover that Kemi Badenoch, the International Trade Secretary, and Suella Braverman, the erstwhile location secretary, are considering backing Johnson, successful what would beryllium a large boost that could unify the close of the party. Penny Mordaunt has told the insubstantial that she promises a authorities of each the talents and puts a Whitehall shake-up astatine the bosom of her Tory enactment pitch.

The beforehand of the Daily Mirror shows a representation of Boris Johnson and woman Carrie arsenic they "relax successful the Caribbean arsenic helium plots instrumentality arsenic PM successful a determination that could divided the Tories". A petition for a wide election, carried retired by the Mirror past night, reached 80,000, the insubstantial says.

The Times reports that Rishi Sunak's supporters are urging Boris Johnson not to basal successful the Tory enactment contest, informing that helium would permission the Conservative Party successful a "death spiral". The insubstantial says Johnson's supporters are progressively assured that helium volition person the enactment of the 100 Tory MPs needed to basal successful the contention to regenerate Liz Truss.

The one paper reports that the Tory enactment is torn implicit the imaginable of Boris Johnson returning to No10 aft 7 weeks. The insubstantial says latest polling suggests Rishi Sunak would travel closest to beating Keir Starmer astatine a wide election.

And the Daily Star reports that Boris Johnson has emerged arsenic 1 of the favourites to regenerate Liz Truss arsenic premier minister, on with a salad-based pun.