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Liz Truss became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 6 September 2022, following the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, replacing Boris Johnson. The September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget was published on 23 September by Kwasi Kwarteng, then- Chancellor of the Exchequer, which included tax cuts without matching ...
Oct 19, 2022 · The Lettuce Outlasts Liz Truss. Inspired by a columnist’s turn of phrase, a British newspaper tracked whether the embattled prime minister could survive longer than off-the-shelf produce.
Oct 21, 2022 · The Daily Star newspaper decided to buy an iceberg lettuce, set up a live webcam for the salad staple and see who would last longer, Liz Truss as PM or the lettuce. The lettuce won.
Oct 20, 2022 · The saga of Liz and the lettuce tells us many things about British political culture, one of which is its taste for lousy jokes. How was the Brexiteer Liz Truss brought down? A Romaine plot.
Oct 20, 2022 · British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation on Thursday just six weeks after taking the ruling Conservative Party's leadership. The Daily Star poked fun at the troubled leader by...
Jun 19, 2023 · LONDON — Liz Truss isn’t laughing at the lettuce that outlasted her premiership. Asked Monday about the Daily Star’s live stream of a lettuce that eventually outlasted Truss’ chaotic, market-crashing period in Downing Street, the former British prime minister did not see the funny side.
Oct 22, 2022 · Liz Truss vs. lettuce. October 22, 20225:57 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. Andrew Gilpin, an editor for the British tabloid The Daily Star, talks about the publication's decision to...
Oct 20, 2022 · The shortest-serving prime minister in British history, Liz Truss, lasted 44 days as leader and lost a Daily Star contest against a head of lettuce. (Video: Joshua Carroll/The Washington...
Oct 20, 2022 · Liz Truss has been outlasted by a lettuce in a British tabloid live stream contest. CNN’s Anna Stewart reports.
Jun 19, 2023 · Liz Truss has dismissed a tabloid newspaper’s live stream of a lettuce pitting the rate of the vegetable’s decay against her government’s demise as “puerile”.
