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In October 2024, the branch of Tesco at which the lettuce was bought, on Forest Road, Walthamstow, was memorialized with a mock blue plaque stating "A LETTUCE purchased here in September 2022 lasted longer than Prime Minister Liz Truss (49 days). [17] The sign was removed by supermarket managers. [citation needed]
A head of lettuce's decay was more gradual than Liz Truss' crumbling tenure as British prime minister.
The resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss after just six weeks in office had many people in the United Kingdom comparing her brief tenure at No. 10 Downing St. to a head of iceberg lettuce.
Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office , she stepped down amid a government crisis , making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history.
The lettuce on her shoulder, which is crying with laughter, is referring to a livestream of a lettuce run by the Daily Star which suggested the vegetable would last longer than Truss did in office.
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The Economist magazine, a respected publication with a circulation of 1.3 million, has become the latest voice to unleash an extraordinary criticism of Truss.