Political turmoil in Britain is main story across the front pages on Friday.
The Irish Times, the Irish Examiner and the Irish Independent lead with the resignation of Liz Truss as British prime minister and focus on the candidates likely to replace her.
The Irish Daily Mail says older people are turning off fridges and other kitchen appliances to save on energy bills. It also carries a prominent photo of Liz Truss outside Downing Street.
The Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star cover the latest details of the trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch in the Special Criminal Court.
The Belfast Telegraph terms the ongoing turbulence in the British Conservative Party as a "revolving door of chaos".
The British papers speculate about the successor to the country’s shortest-serving prime minister.
The i and the Financial Times lead on the shortest premiership stint in Downing Street’s history, while Metro dubs Ms Truss “the worst PM we’ve ever had”.
Friday's front page: Gone in 44 days#TomorrowsPapersToday
🔴Latest from @HugoGye https://t.co/2OfpOTvVbD pic.twitter.com/0sq7r7BiQ5— i newspaper (@theipaper) October 20, 2022
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 21 October https://t.co/upVg9Sy0eU pic.twitter.com/UJEedBsRAs
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) October 20, 2022
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
THE WORST PM WE'VE EVER HAD
🔴 UK's shortest serving Premier in history
🔴 Now Boris Planning to make a comeback#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/yZPlkJ6EJx— Metro (@MetroUK) October 20, 2022
The Guardian calls it “the bitter end”.
Guardian front page, Friday 21 October 2022: The bitter end pic.twitter.com/fYxyzOB7bi
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 20, 2022
The Independent and the Daily Mirror push for a general election.
Our front page tomorrow @Independent #TomorrowsPapersToday #GeneralElectionNow pic.twitter.com/fBOVl9106V
— Alastair Jamieson (@alastairjam) October 20, 2022
Friday's front page: General election now #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/3Yf6gclUl3 pic.twitter.com/pBY5COb47s
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) October 20, 2022
The Daily Telegraph, The Sun and the Daily Express report on a speculated Boris Johnson comeback.
🗞 The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Boris Johnson tells Tories: I can save party from election wipeout'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/UCtEmu5wxJ— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 20, 2022
On tomorrow's front page: Boris Johnson plotting sensational comeback to challenge Rishi Sunak for No10 after Liz Truss resignedhttps://t.co/3pGXBCoNQg pic.twitter.com/pbhjNmDoaU
— The Sun (@TheSun) October 20, 2022
Front page - He couldn't could he ... Will Boris bounce back to No 10?#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/w87NsUSUCf pic.twitter.com/GgKMgbecNK
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) October 20, 2022
The Daily Mail adds the former PM will be up against Rishi Sunak in a competition for the top job.
Friday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/j8M0oHep2J
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) October 20, 2022
And the Daily Star says its lettuce has outlasted “Liz”.
Friday's front page: 'Lettuce Rejoice'https://t.co/PyFo7ugNXP #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/iHI95AkZe2
— Daily Star (@dailystar) October 20, 2022
