The news that British Prime Minister Liz Truss would resignjust 45 days into her premiershipelicited shock, confusion, and more than a few laughs on Thursday, as one British tabloid offered an unlikely candidate to replace the leader: a head of lettuce that had survived what Truss could not.
The news put Truss — who replaced former Prime MinisterBoris Johnsonafter hestepped down as the British prime ministeramid scandal — on track to become the shortest-serving prime minister in the nation’s history.
Liz Truss, Lettuce.Bloomberg; Getty Images
Writing about how quickly she lost hold of the government The Economistestimated that Truss had just “seven days in control” — which equated to, as the magazine put it, “roughly the shelf-life of a lettuce.”
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British tabloidDaily Starseized on the comparison, quickly setting up a live feed of a head of lettuce next to Truss' photo and asking: “Will Liz Truss outlast this lettuce?”
On Thursday, the head of lettuce triumphed.
“BREAKING NEWS: THE LETTUCE HAS OFFICIALLY OUTLASTED LIZ TRUSS AND WON,” the tabloid wrote on Twitter Thursday. “ALL HAIL THE LETTUCE.”
The tabloid continued to gloat in the wake of the resignation, even unveiling a video in which the lettuce celebrated itsvictoryto the tune of the British national anthem, as party lights flashed in the background.
Amid the chaotic news of Truss' resignation, the lettuce remained a bright spot of national levity, withLabour MP Chris Bryant telling Sky News: “The lettuce might as well be running the country.”
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