An opinion poll shows voters in favour of public spending compared to tax cuts, Conor McGregor accused of sexual assault and a new housing plan in Cork is among the headlines in today's papers.
The Irish Times leads with results from their opinion poll that shows that the public are in favour of public spending over tax cuts.
The Irish Examiner leads with calls from a mother who is calling on parents to trust their instinct after winning a settlement against the HSE for her child with an intellectual disability.
The Echo leads with a new housing project set for the Docklands in Cork which includes 1,300 new homes.
The Irish Daily Mail leads with criticism from a lawyer over the Cervical Cancer cases after a woman died before her case could be settled.
Both the Irish Daily Mirror and the Irish Daily Star lead with accusations of sexual assault against Conor McGregor.
British papers
Boris Johnson and the publication of the privileges committee’s report saying he lied to Parliament dominates the front pages of Friday’s newspapers.
All but one of the national titles lead on the fallout from the report, but they have differing takes on its findings.
The Daily Mirror is in no doubt about the former prime minister with the simple headline “Liar”, while The Independent brands him “Boris the Liar”.
Friday's front page: Judgement day for Borishttps://t.co/k3j9kZuI7g#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/hfKasttU1v
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 15, 2023
Independent digital : Boris the Liar #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/HHNpneCXNQ
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) June 15, 2023
That theme is repeated in the Metro, which harks back to a past headline when it asks if a “proper whopper” is enough to end his career, while the i says he “lied and lied and lied”.
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
IS PROPER WHOPPER A CAREER STOPPER?
🔴 Partygate report bashes Boris#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/BiKSNJsd8o— Metro (@MetroUK) June 15, 2023
The i: He lied, and lied, and lied. #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/MELv7bKsK2
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) June 15, 2023
And the Financial Times says his “repeated lies to MP” were condemned in what it calls a “searing report”.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times UK edition Friday June 16 https://t.co/oADFTGoAu7 pic.twitter.com/zu32afpNmG
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 15, 2023
There remains support for Mr Johnson with the Daily Express saying he has been “hounded from Parliament” by “the most spiteful stitch-up in (the) history of politics”.
Friday's front page: The Most Spiteful Stitch-Up In History Of Politics #TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/9niYFhFyj5 pic.twitter.com/pA7ROSWBeS
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) June 15, 2023
The Daily Telegraph – which is one of several titles to find room on its front page for a picture of Oscar-winning actor turned politician Glenda Jackson – says his allies in the Conservative Party have vowed to oust MPs who vote to accept the report’s findings when it is debated on Monday.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
Johnson allies vow to oust MPs who vote for his censure#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/4SLW1YN78H— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 15, 2023
A “Tory revolt” is echoed in the Daily Mail which calls the report’s calls to effectively bar Mr Johnson from Parliament as “spiteful” and “vindictive”.
Friday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/w9ZtOvvQ2g
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) June 15, 2023
The Guardian declares “the verdict on Johnson” and says he “misled Parliament, undermined democracy” and was “complicit in abuse of MPs”.
Guardian front page, Friday 16 June 2023: The verdict on Johnson pic.twitter.com/e9wOf2ugAe
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 15, 2023
And The Times concentrates on supporters of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and declare it the “end of the road for Johnson”.
The Times: End of the road for Johnson #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/IPgbWxn6t5
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) June 15, 2023
The Daily Star, meanwhile, labels the former prime minister a “lying wazzock”.
Friday's front page: Pinocchio IS an absolute lying wazzock #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/0m7CCweU9D pic.twitter.com/c6etCcVEzG
— Daily Star (@dailystar) June 15, 2023
The odd one out is The Sun which relegates Mr Johnson – and what he calls “a protracted political assassination – to a small piece alongside the masthead as it concentrates on the “sick” news that serial killer Levi Bellfield has been given permission to marry in jail.
On tomorrow's front page: Serial killer Levi Bellfield is to be granted his wish to wed in jail - after prison bosses conceded he would win a human rights casehttps://t.co/nTndWpjF5O pic.twitter.com/kBjPb5Tmdx
— The Sun (@TheSun) June 15, 2023
