The Papers: 'General election now' and 'allies abandon Johnson'

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The bulk of Sunday's newspapers pb with the fallout from Boris Johnson's resignation arsenic an MP. The Sunday Mirror says that Labour person Sir Keir Starmer has called for a drawback wide election, saying PM Rishi Sunak has "lost control" of his government. All of Sunday's papers transportation photos of Man City's triumph successful the Champions League final.

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The Sunday Times says Mr Sunak appears to person faced down a rebellion "orchestrated" by ex-PM Boris Johnson, whose "fury was threatening to propel the Conservative Party into civilian war". The insubstantial says sources adjacent to Mr Johnson claimed up to six much Conservative MPs would basal down.

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The Sunday People reports that Mr Johnson is "already plotting his return" and could "stand" successful the spot of Nadine Dorries, who besides resigned arsenic an MP connected Friday.

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The Mail connected Sunday says the premier curate has been told helium volition trigger "civil war" successful the Tory enactment if helium prevents Mr Johnson from making a governmental comeback. Writing successful the paper, erstwhile Cabinet curate Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg said helium would "most powerfully pass Conservative Party managers against immoderate effort to artifact Boris if helium seeks the enactment information successful different seat".

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The Sunday Express says Mr Johnson's allies are informing helium volition beryllium backmost "bigger and amended than ever", arsenic Mr Sunak faces the "nightmare" of 3 by-elections and a enactment astatine "war".

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The Sunday Telegraph says Mr Johnson and his allies person "launched a co-ordinated attack" connected the Sunak administration, threatening much parliamentary resignations aft the premier minister's "dishonourable" nonaccomplishment to backmost him connected Partygate and his honours list. The insubstantial quotes a root adjacent to Mr Johnson who claims Mr Sunak and his squad conducted "a swindle, a dishonourable sleight of hand" by publishing a database of caller peers that omitted immoderate of the erstwhile premier minister's cardinal allies and donors. No 10 says Mr Sunak simply adopted the names "approved" by the House of Lords Appointments Commission, the insubstantial adds.

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And the Daily Star leads with a communicative astir Black Sabbath leader Geezer Butler who talks astir curing his "obsession with Satanism".

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