Johnson’s Farewell To Commons: “Hasta La Vista, Baby”

Reuters reports:

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received a round of applause from members of his Conservative Party after he finished addressing parliament at his last appearance during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.

“We’ve helped, I’ve helped, get this country through a pandemic and help save another country from barbarism. And frankly, that’s enough to be going on. Mission largely accomplished,” Johnson said. “I want to thank everybody here and hasta la vista, baby.”

The Huffington Post reports:

In his final words in the Commons as PM, he said he wanted to “give some words of advice to my successor, whoever he or she may be”.

He said: “Number one: Stay close to the Americans, stick up for the Ukrainians, stick up for freedom and democracy everywhere. Cut taxes and deregulate wherever you can to make this the greatest place to live and invest, which it is.”

In what will be seen as a clear dig at former Chancellor Rishi Sunak, whose resignation helped to bring Johnson down, he went on: “I love the Treasury but remember that if we’d always listened to the Treasury we wouldn’t have built the M25 or the Channel Tunnel.”

“Hasta la vista, baby”

PM Boris Johnson receives standing ovation from Conservative MPs after offering “final words of advice” to successor, “whoever he or she may be”#PMQs https://t.co/fYJXc3xpvS pic.twitter.com/yrANlEhb9T

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) July 20, 2022

For those who think we moved on too quickly from “Them’s the breaks,” outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson signs off from PMQs with “HASTA LA VISTA, BABY.” pic.twitter.com/w3V6JgD7DA

— The Recount (@therecount) July 20, 2022