Wednesday 6 July 2022 10:45 AM Boris Johnson's 'career seems over' after Sunak and Javid quits, European ... trends now

'Boris Johnson's career seems over' after his government 'exploded' with the shock resignations of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid, leaving him 'hanging by a thread'.

That is the grim verdict on the Prime Minister's future from Europe's press today as columnists across the continent speculated on how much time he has left in office.

Their verdict: Not long.  

Perhaps the most-damning assessment came from the Italians, who know first-hand what a collapsing government looks like after a turbulent few years of their own.

'Boris Johnson trembles, that's why his career really seems over,' ran the headline in La Repubblica, one of the country's largest and best-respected newspapers.

Johnson's government is 'hanging by a thread' added rival daily Corriere della Sera, while newswire Ansa said Downing Street is 'in pieces' after the shock exits.

'Boris Johnson's government explodes due to the trickle of scandals that corner the prime minister,' is how Spanish broadsheet El Pais summed up a day of drama.

Rafael de Miguel, the paper's London correspondent, said the resignations 'mark the beginning of the end of Boris Johnson' - describing him as rushing to 'plug the leaks' in his administration by appointing Nadim Zahawi as Chancellor.

'With Zahawi at his side, he may survive, at least until after the summer,' Miguel adds, but believes the 'continuous calamities' that surround Mr Johnson will surely see him sink sooner or later.