Our lettuce outlasted Liz Truss, British paper declares, as PM quits

To the strains of Britain’s nationwide anthem, a nationwide newspaper on Thursday declared a lettuce the victor in a race to see if it might outlast Liz Truss, after the under-fire prime minister resigned.

The tabloid Daily Star arrange a stay feed on Friday exhibiting the unrefrigerated iceberg subsequent to a photograph of Truss, asking readers: “Which wet lettuce will last longer?”

It later expanded the tableau, including a wig, a face and greedy arms to the vegetable, in addition to two British flags, a pasty on a plate and a purple mug bearing the legend “Keep Calm and Carry On”, a slogan used to boost morale in Britain throughout World War Two.

More than 12,000 Twitter customers have been watching the feed as Truss introduced her resignation outdoors the prime minister’s Downing Street residence.
Moments later, as viewer numbers hit 21,000, “God Save the King” rang out as a hand reached throughout the desk and set Truss’s picture on its again and the caption

“The lettuce has outlasted Liz Truss” appeared.

The stunt echoed a remark on the different finish of Britain’s journalistic spectrum. In a column revealed final week titled “The Iceberg Lady”, the Economist journal described Truss as having “the shelf-life of a lettuce”.

Truss’s political function mannequin, Eighties prime minister Margaret Thatcher, was extensively often called the Iron Lady.

Appointed on Sept. 6, Truss succumbed to mounting stress after being pressured to sack her finance minister and closest political ally, Kwasi Kwarteng, following a disastrously acquired financial bundle that despatched shockwaves by means of monetary markets. (Reporting by John Stonestreet Editing by Alexandra Hudson)