Liz Truss Upstaged By A Lettuce.

Liz Truss fancied herself as another Margaret Thatcher. However, her time spent in office fell short of Thatcher's time in office. She left her job as Prime Minister 49 days after winning the job from opponent Rishi Sunak. Sunak subsequently succeeded her right up until the time of his defeat to Keir Starmer this year.

Truss was accused of crashing the economy alongside her feckless chancellor. The policies she announced crashed the economy and the Bank of England went into panic mode. The Daily Star had a video of a lettuce saying what lasts longer Truss' premiership or their lettuce wilting. As it happens, it was Truss' premiership that wilted before the lettuce. So the Daily Star declared the lettuce the winner.

Truss was probably the shortest Prime Minister the UK has ever had. She was still entitled to all the perks that ex-Prime Ministers get controversially. At this year's general election, Truss lost her seat. Truss has been seen in the States, at Trump rallies. She is also on a tour of the nation pushing a book. No doubt about her time as PM and all the antics of that time.

At a talk, she was giving to an audience in Beccles, Suffolk an event happened that had the audience in laughter. At first, Truss was not aware of what was unfurled and hanging behind her. When she was pointed in the direction of the banner behind her she was horrified! The banner was of a lettuce saying "I crashed the economy"! Truss gathered up her papers and mic and then walked off stage.

Silence followed Truss' embarrassing moment. However, that silence didn't last for long as Truss took to X and posted what happened to her was "not funny". She accused far-left activists of being behind the stunt and she "would not stand for it". Ms. Truss said that had it been far-right activists attempting something similar on a left-leaning politician it would have been condemned.

Later on, the group Led By Donkeys admitted to the stunt. They did it to show and remind people what Liz Truss did in her short time as Prime Minister. It seems wherever Ms. Truss goes, the ghost of that dead lettuce keeps haunting her. Truss must dream about that dreaded vegetable. That ghostly lettuce might be the death of the former Prime Minister! Of course, I don't wish for her death but my above statement is meant to be metaphorical. It must be the only time that a sitting prime minister of the UK has been brought down by a humble lettuce.

It's funny how two female Tory prime ministers both Liz Truss and Theresa May wanted to be or were compared to Margaret Thatcher. Truss wanted to be her and made no secret of that. May was compared to Thatcher when she became the UK's second prime minister. Some said it was Reagan and Thatcher Mark II with Trump in the White House. However, on this occasion, history did not repeat itself. May was replaced by Boris Johnson and we all know how that ended.

The Tories are now in opposition reduced to 121 MPs after the general election. Sunak and his shadow cabinet remain until a new Tory leader emerges. The Tories will be in opposition for 5 years now. Whoever becomes the new leader will have to sit it out. Even when the next general election comes there's no guarantee the Tories will get back into government. Reform is a major thorn in the Tory's side. The Lib Dems are also breathing down the Conservative's neck. Politically speaking which way the Toriess go depends on who leads them going forward.