Liz Truss lettuce
On 14 October 2022, the British tabloid newspaper the Daily Star began a livestream of a head of lettuce next to a framed photograph of Liz Truss, who had just become prime minister of the United Kingdom.[1]
This joke was made in response to an article by The Economist that compared the shortness of time of Truss's premiership to the shelf life of a lettuce. The October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis happened just weeks into her term, and many commentators thought that she would resign soon.[2] The lettuce soon became popular for the public. The Daily Star had the lettuce on Cameo, allowing users to get a personalized message "by the lettuce" for £13.[3][4]
On 18 October 2022, the Daily Star added a pair of googly eyes and a blonde wig on the lettuce, followed by fake feet and hands and glasses to make it look like Truss.[5]
Truss announced her resignation as prime minister on 20 October 2022, before the lettuce had expired.[6][7] After her resignation announcement, an image of the lettuce was projected onto the Palace of Westminster the same day.[8]
References
change- ↑ Victor, Daniel (19 October 2022). "The Lettuce Outlasts Liz Truss". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ↑ "Liz Truss has made Britain a riskier bet for bond investors". The Economist. 11 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ↑ Cailler, Adam (18 October 2022). "Daily Star's viral Liz Truss Lettuce becomes latest 'celebrity' to join Cameo". Daily Star. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ↑ Collins, Katie (20 October 2022). "Liz Truss Outlasted by a Lettuce: The UK Loses Another Prime Minister". CNET. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ↑ "Our lettuce outlasted Liz Truss, British paper declares, as PM quits". Reuters. 20 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ↑ "Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister with new Tory leader to be in place by 28 October as calls for general election grow – live". The Guardian. 2022-10-20. Archived from the original on 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ "Iceberg lettuce in blond wig outlasts Liz Truss". The Guardian. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ↑ "Six moments from the PM's six chaotic weeks". BBC News. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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