Scary headline but more balanced article vol 345

The Graun today has this:

Boris Johnson 'could face Tory coup' over no-deal Brexit stance

Tobias Ellwood says MPs would vote against government as Jeremy Hunt accuses rival of cowardice

Ellwood told the BBC. “I think a dozen or so members of parliament would be on our side, would be voting against supporting a no deal and that would include ministers as well as backbenchers.” [while]...Hunt was scathing about Johnson’s decision to avoid almost all media interviews and debates, calling it “very disrespectful to Conservative party members”.

Other than that, the article discusses the weekend row, no doubt trying to give it legs. However, it is more 'balanced', containing the sorts of points any reasonable newspaper would have made at the time:

Priti Patel, the former international development secretary and another leading Johnson supporter, told the BBC that Johnson was facing “a very clear, politically motivated series of attacks”...“The very prospect of someone taping someone in their private home, frankly, tells me that is politically motivated,” Patel said. “And that is not the type of behaviour that you would expect in our country. It’s the type of behaviour associated with the old Eastern Bloc.”...“Quite frankly this has now become very much, I think, remain versus leave, and a personal attack and campaign against Boris.” [And]...Defending Johnson on BBC1’s Breakfast, Hancock said the dozen-plus party hustings and other events amounted to “endless and constant scrutiny”....Hancock added: “Of course, the question of whether Boris’s private life is private is, perfectly reasonably, up to him. I don’t think anybody would like their conversations late at night to be listened in to and snooped on by a neighbour.”

A Graun editorial continues to pontificate from the high ground:

Contrary to some of this weekend’s commentary, what happens behind closed doors should not always stay there. When a woman screams at her partner to “get off me” and “get out of my flat”, calling the police is a responsible thing to do...When police say no offences or concerns are apparent and no further action is needed, as on this occasion, the matter would in normal circumstances end there. But running for prime minister is not, by definition, a normal circumstance.... The public, denied the right to choose our leader, have at least a right to know who is being imposed upon us. Scrutiny is not only appropriate. It is necessary.

We look forward to public scrutiny of the finances of the Graun and the personal lives of its journalists. 

A former ambassador to South Korea is quoted as saying:

British ambassadors have been sending messages to the Foreign Office describing Brexit as a political shambles that is destroying the UK’s reputation, the serving UK ambassador to South Korea has said.

Meanwhile, the Grauun keeps up its campaign for the UK's reputation for serious commentary with this:

Wink murder: is the lascivious gesture dying a death?

and this
 

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