Boris Johnson bid farewell to the UK Parliament during his final question-and-answer session as Prime Minister on Wednesday 20 July 2022, in which he defended his record and launched a new initiative “Hasta la vista, baby” to the acclaim of the Conservatives.
“Mission largely accomplished” Looking back on his three years in power, the prime minister assured that he would spend the next few weeks “doing what I think the public expects of me: advancing the issues for which we were voted in 2019”.
“The last few years have been the greatest privilege of my life,” added the 58-year-old prime minister, who resigned on July 7 after a series of scandals and lies. “Hasta la vista, baby” he concluded to the applause of the deputies in his camp and took up Arnold Schwarzenegger’s famous quote from Terminator 2.
Boris Johnson gave some advice for his successor
Boris Johnson’s successor will be announced on September 5, the end of the parliamentary recess which begins on Friday July 22.
Opposition leader Keir Starmer quizzed him about the Tories’ ongoing campaign to replace him at Downing Street and in particular questioned him about the cancellation of a televised debate organized on Sky News.
“Well, I’m not particularly close to the subject.” the Prime Minister started with a smile, to the laughter of the MPs. But he took the opportunity to give “some clues” to everyone who will succeed him at Downing Street.
“Stay close to the Americans, support the Ukrainians, fight for freedom and democracy everywhere. Lower taxes and deregulate where you can to make this country the best place to live and invest. »
Tory MPs voted to nominate the two finalists for the fifth and final time on Wednesday 20 July. There are only two left in the race: Ex-Secretary of Defense Rishi Sunak and Chief of Diplomacy Liz Truss, Secretary of State for International Trade Penny Mordaunt has left.
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