Boris Johnson says goodbye to Parliament in the purest ‘Terminator’ style: “Hasta la vista, baby”

The resigned British Prime Minister, Boris Johnsonhas bid farewell to Parliament with a “See you later, baby”in his last speech before the House of Commons before leaving power next September.

In this way the British leader paraphrased the character of Arnold Schwarzenegger from the science fiction film Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), at the end of the session.

Johnson has presided over his last control session in the lower house, where he received a standing ovation from his parliamentary group as he left the room for the last time as prime minister.

When saying goodbye, the ‘tory’ politician stressed that being head of government has been the “great privilege” of his life and described as “mission accomplished” having materialized Brexit, overcome the Covid pandemic and faced the Russian threat in Ukraine.

Johnson, who resigned on July 7 after more than 50 members of the Government resigned in protest at his management, paraphrased Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character from the sci-fi movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), at the end of the session with the phrase in Spanish “hasta la vista, baby”.

He also recommended his successor in office -which will be announced on September 5, after the summer break- look “forward” and defend “freedom and democracy”.

Earlier, Labor leader Keir Starmer admitted that the relationship between the prime minister and the opposition leader “is not easy”, but that he wished him and his family “the best for the future”.

House Speaker Lindsay Hoyle also wished Johnson and his family all the best. “We’ve been through a lot of dark times in this House, like during the pandemic,” Hoyle said, paying tribute to him for the way he acted during that health crisis.

The president, however, admitted that lawmakers will have different views on Johnson’s legacy and that those views will be “passionately” preserved.

Likewise, Johnson did not want to comment on the candidates who aspire to succeed him but he stressed that the population has had the opportunity to observe the “talents” they have in recent television debates.

In the internal vote of the Conservative Party this afternoon, it will be possible to know the two candidates who will be submitted in the coming weeks to the vote of the members of the formation – some 160,000 – in view of the declaration of the winner in September.

The three remaining candidates are the former Minister of Economy, Rishi Sunak; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liz Trussand the Secretary of State for Commerce, Penny Mourdantalthough it is almost certain that Sunak will be among one of the two finalists.

Johnson will leave power in September after his leadership was the center of criticism for various scandals, especially for the parties at the Downing Street residence during the pandemic.