Just 45 days after being appointed as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss resigned from the post on Thursday. Truss tendered her resignation a day after she had vowed to stay in power. Now, netizens are flooding Twitter with ‘Long live lettuce’
The lettuce has become a caricature of the 47-year-old Conservative leader's losing grasp on power. The Daily Star, a national newspaper had pitted it against the prime minister and asked whether Truss would lose her job before the vegetable decayed.
As soon as the prime minister announced her resignation, the newspaper declared a lettuce the victor in the race.
The tabloid on October 14 set up a live feed showing the unrefrigerated iceberg next to a photo of Truss, and asked its readers "Which wet lettuce will last longer?" The feed garnered hundreds of viewers and comments.
The tableau was later expanded by adding a wig, google eyes, a face and grasping hands to the vegetable.
The lettuce stunt seemed to be inspired by The Economist magazine, which had described Truss as having "the shelf-life of a lettuce" in one of its October 11 column.
The feed was watched by over 12,000 Twitter users while Truss announced her resignation outside the prime minister's Downing Street residence.
Later, netizens took the liberty of sharing memes regarding the matter.
One of the Twitter user wrote, "The fact that Liz Truss didn’t last as long as the lettuce highlights the issues within the government, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg."
Another user mockingly wrote, " A British newspaper has started a live stream on YouTube of Liz Truss’s photo next to a lettuce to see which one lasts longer. I do love this country’s sense of humo(u)r."