'Hasta la vista, baby'! Watch Boris Johnson's 'Terminator' signoff

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson bowed out of his final showpiece event in parliament with a line from a 90's sci-fi action flick: "hasta la vista, baby!"

It was after his speech in his final "Prime Minister's Questions", in which the prime minister is pitted against his opponents in a debate. Johnson defended his three years in office , and tried to shape his legacy around Brexit and Covid vaccines and Ukraine. Then came the parting shot.

"Hasta la vista, baby!" is a line by T-800, the cyborg played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1991 movie "Terminator 2: Judgment Day". The phrase, roughly translated as "see you later", sparked off some speculation that he was hinting he would be back. Here is a video clip of it doing the rounds on Twitter.


In his speech, Johnson gave some advice to his successor: Stay close to the United States, support Ukraine, cut taxes and deregulate.

At the end he got a standing ovation from his own MPs who were till two weeks ago rebelling against him. Among them, only one person refused to stand up - his predecessor, Theresa May. May did get to her feet eventually, but defiantly kept her hands folded and refused till the end to clap.

The race for his successor is now down to the final lap between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. Johnson's press secretary has denied that the prime minister is already eyeing a political comeback.