Not just a matter of Truss: Britons want responsibility from next PM
by Natasha Khullar Relph
Oct 21, 2022
3 minutes
The lettuce outlasted the prime minister.
After just 44 days in office, Liz Truss resigned as Britain’s prime minister, making her tenure the shortest in the United Kingdom’s history. The Daily Star livestreamed a head of iceberg (in a wig), asking “Will Liz Truss still be prime minister within the 10-day shelf-life of a lettuce?”
This led to many jokes – it’s the “endive times,” “she could not romaine.” But in the real world, no one is laughing at the prospect of a third British prime minister in two months, with residents of the United Kingdom concerned about
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