– Spotlight on Johnson –
However, most newspapers were more interested in the surprise appointment of former London mayor Johnson as foreign minister.
“New PM’s bombshell,” said the Daily Mirror. “Dear world… Sorry”, with a front page picture of Johnson stuck on a zip wire holding two British flags, from the London 2012 Olympics.
“Britain’s credibility was hanging by a thread last night as new PM Theresa May chose gaffe-prone Boris Johnson as foreign secretary,” the left-wing tabloid said.
The Daily Telegraph had a picture of May’s first step into 10 Downing Street, taken from inside.
“May brings in the Brexiteers,” the conservative broadsheet said.
Its cartoon had a picture of traders looking at a screen bearing a line plunging then soaring.
“That’s not the pound, that’s Boris Johnson’s career,” read the caption.
“May’s team to battle Brussels,” said the EU-despising Daily Express, with pictures of Johnson and eurosceptic Brexit negotiator David Davis filling the front page.
“Boris bounces back!” said the Daily Mail’s front page, accompanied by a picture of Cameron’s five-year-old daughter Florence.
“Days after his PM dream imploded, May makes him foreign secretary,” said the right-wing tabloid.
“Then she sacks Osborne and hands top Cabinet jobs to Brexiteers.”
The Sun, Britain’s biggest selling newspaper, also concentrated on Florence Cameron.
“Go with the Flo”, the tabloid’s headline said, with the entire front page a picture of Cameron looking at his smiling youngest child.
“David Cameron left Downing Street yesterday – but was upstaged by his giggling daughter Florence,” its front-page story began.
Free commuters’ newspaper Metro had a picture of the Camerons above the headline: “The May team”.
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