Boris Johnson has promised to make a return to the political frontline after his bombshell resignation as a Tory MP. 

The former prime minister quoted Arnold Schwarzenegger from the film The Terminator and said: “I’ll be back.”

The vow came amid a public slanging match between Mr Johnson and Rishi Sunak over the former premier’s resignation honours list. 

Mr Johnson formally stood down as an MP yesterday having claimed he was driven out of the Commons by the Privileges Committee’s “witch hunt” investigation into partygate. 

Mr Johnson struck a defiant tone in comments to the Daily Express, telling the newspaper: “We must fully deliver on Brexit and on the 2019 manifesto. We must smash Labour at the next election.

“Nothing less than absolute victory and total Brexit will do – and as the great Arnold Schwarzenegger said, I’ll be back.”

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