Drama in the Commons over the Prime Minister’s efforts to secure Brexit feature heavily in Wednesday’s papers, with pictures of a Parliament divided on many fronts.
The front page of the Daily Mail said “Trust this lot to turn triumph into disaster!” along with a photo of Parliamentarians after Boris Johnson won what it called a “historic vote”.
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“European leaders have become as exasperated as the British public over Westminster’s Brexit Punch and Judy show,” the paper’s editorial said inside.
The Daily Telegraph’s leader stated that the ongoing “saga can only end with an election”.
It praised Mr Johnson for “how hard he tried” and encouraged the Parliament to “vote itself out of existence when the opportunity comes”.
“Let the people decide this matter, once again, at the ballot box,” the editorial concluded.
The Guardian said the Parliament “puts brakes” on the PM, with columnist Rafael Behr noting an “anxiety” which “contains the recognition that Johnson’s deal is a sleight of hand”.
The Sun’s Matt Dathan wrote that Westminster has “turned into a tragic roundabout” while columnist Quentin Letts said “Britain has had enough of the grumps and glumbuckets”.
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The PM “increasingly has the public on his side,” Leo McKinstry wrote in the Daily Express, adding that the Opposition “may well reap the whirlwind they deserve at the next election”.
The “do or die” promise of “Lying Boris” has failed and Britons deserve “more than a desperate plan scribbled on the back of a cigarette packet,” according to the Daily Mirror editorial.
The Herald's front page focused on Boris Johnson being doomed to break his 'do or do' pledge. "With just nine days to go to the Hallowe’en deadline the Prime Minister announced he was “pausing” the legislation to consult with Brussels, which will decide in the next 48 hours or so on whether to give him a so-called short “technical extension” to enable the UK Government to try to get its Withdrawal Bill through Westminster in November.
"Conservative MPs expressed confidence the EU27 would give Mr Johnson a “10-day extension” to enable him to finally get the UK-EU deal over the line."
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