Boris Johnson said ‘hasta la vista, baby’ – but is he thinking ‘I’ll be back’?

Few would rule out the prime minister staging a comeback, if only to prove his opponents wrong

Having departed the dispatch box with the words hasta la vista, baby" and told MPs mission largely accomplished - for now", Boris Johnson was typically attention-seeking during his final prime minister's questions.

He cannot stand not having attention. It's hard-wired into him. So, he is playing with us. He is doing it deliberately so we all rush to write articles saying: Will he come back?', Can he come back?', How will he come back?' It's actually quite funny," said Sonia Purnell, a biographer of Johnson.