British paper stunt’s tracked whether the UK’s under-fire PM might make it through longer than the leafy veggie.
Published On 21 Oct 2022
It began with a concern: “Which damp lettuce will last longer?”
On October 14, British tabloid the Daily Star paper started streaming an online feed of a lettuce to see whether the off-the-shelf leafy veggie or Britain’s embattled Prime Minister Liz Truss’s period would end.
The stunt was motivated by a column in The Economist which described the leader of the Conservative Party as an “iceberg girl” and stated she had “the shelf-life of a lettuce”.
Less than a week later on, Truss provided her resignation after a series of political mistakes and growing opposition. She is now set to end up being the shortest-serving prime minister in the nation’s history.
A day prior to Truss resigned, the leader of the opposition in your home of Lords, Baroness Smith of Basildon, likewise referenced the lettuce.
” How humiliating is it when, throughout the world, the media detects The Economist editorial that states the prime minister’s most likely service life is much shorter than that of a lettuce,” he stated.
More than 12,000 Twitter users on Thursday afternoon were seeing the feed as Truss revealed her resignation outside the prime minister’s Downing Street house.
Moments later on, as audience numbers struck 21,000, “God Save the King” called out as a hand reached throughout the table and set Truss’s picture on its back, and the caption “The lettuce has actually lasted longer than Liz Truss” appeared.
The Daily Star lettuce has actually come out triumphant in the fight of the year– to see whether it might last longer than Prime Minister Liz Truss in #LizVsLettuce
[THREAD] pic.twitter.com/sP7QDgqcfr
— Daily Star (@dailystar) October 20, 2022
The stunt drew attention from throughout the United Kingdom– and beyond:
” We now go live to 10 Downing Street.” pic.twitter.com/ZdF9UgF4KK
— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) October 20, 2022
Dmitry Medvedev, previous president of Russia, whose relations with the UK have actually significantly ended up being wintry following the intrusion of Ukraine, fasted in satirizing Truss.
Bye, bye @trussliz, congrats to lettuce
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) October 20, 2022
Journalist Jane Merrick tweeted: “When a lettuce lasts longer than a Prime Minister, we have actually really reached the endive days.”
When a lettuce outlives a Prime Minister, we have actually genuinely reached the endive days
— Jane Merrick (@janemerrick23) October 20, 2022
Here’s a roundup of other social networks responses on Twitter:
The lettuce after outliving Liz Truss pic.twitter.com/MIn4hqNHZR
— George Civeris (@georgeciveris) October 20, 2022
Liz Truss has actually resigned as the British prime minister. The lettuce wins pic.twitter.com/WkRwuFZOJ1
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) October 20, 2022
The lettuce is presently being forecasted onto the UK House of Commons, the Palace of Westminster, after lasting longer than Liz Truss. pic.twitter.com/KMUbth5PxC
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) October 20, 2022
Truss’s resignation likewise stimulated a series of meme responses on social networks.
CyberLeader Liz Truss has actually been changed by a speculative updated lettuce. pic.twitter.com/TNoGoCHg4f
— Cybus Industries (@CybusIndus) October 20, 2022
Virgin Liz Truss vs. Chad Lettuce pic.twitter.com/8wPSajIoFK
— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) October 20, 2022
Liz Truss beaten by a lettuce pic.twitter.com/s9f78 gT5yH
— BremainInSpain (@BremainInSpain) October 20, 2022
BREAKING: As Truss’s resignation sets off a fresh Tory management contest, guinea pigs all over the world lick their lips. ❤ #lettucewins #piggylogic #lizvslettuce #lizztruss #toryleadershipcontest #toryleadershipcontest2022 v2 #guineapig #lettuce #lettucecam pic.twitter.com/r8DThUA5Ja
— HayPigs! ®|Guinea Pig Circus (@haypigs) October 20, 2022
Lettuce all rejoice in her lack. #LizVsLettuce pic.twitter.com/nGBW4kSqKo
— Ordinary Magic (@OrdinaryMagic5) October 20, 2022