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Past her sell-by date: lettuce outlasts Liz Truss as UK PM

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="British Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers a resignation statement outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, on October 20, 2022. Andy Rain, EPA-EFE" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/10/20/20221020-truss.jpg"/><figcaption>British Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers a resignation statement outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, on October 20, 2022. <em>Andy Rain, EPA-EFE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LONDON, United Kingdom |- Outgoing UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday saw her political career wilt quicker than a lettuce, thanks to a tabloid stunt and a crisis-filled six weeks in office.</p><p>The Daily Star last Friday launched a video livestream simply featuring a round head of lettuce, dressed up with a wig and googly eyes.</p><p>The aim: to test whether Truss would still be prime minister &quot;within the 10-day shelf-life of a lettuce&quot;. </p><p>She resigned after seven days.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/20/22/british-prime-minister-liz-truss-resigns">British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns</a></li></ul><p>The stunt was inspired by The Economist magazine, which wrote last week that Truss&#x27;s effective period in power before unveiling disastrous new economic policies had been just seven days -- or &quot;roughly the shelf-life of a lettuce&quot;.</p><p>The Daily Star decided to count down to Truss&#x27;s political sell-by date -- and its slightly brown-streaked lettuce outlived her premiership Thursday.</p><p>Minutes after her Downing Street speech, the tabloid tweeted triumphantly: &quot;The lettuce has officially outlasted Liz Truss and won. All hail the lettuce.&quot;</p><p>The livestream showed the lettuce savouring the moment with a glass of bubbly, music and disco lighting.</p><p>The lettuce &quot;has so far refused to comment on its political future&quot;, the tabloid said.</p><p>Playing on the idea of Truss being politically &quot;limp&quot; and &quot;wet&quot;, the stunt involving a quintessentially English salad vegetable was a perfect excuse for the tabloid to dish up veggie-related puns.</p><p>&quot;How long can wet lettuce Liz romaine?&quot; was one of its headlines, along with: &quot;Lettuce Liz on Leaf Support&quot;.</p><p>On Thursday morning, as Truss&#x27;s premiership appeared to be for the chop, Labour MP Chris Bryant told Sky News that &quot;the lettuce might as well be running the country&quot;.</p><p>His colleague David Lammy tweeted: &quot;Looks like the PM vs the Lettuce is going to the wire.&quot;</p><p>British journalist Jane Merrick added in a tweet: &quot;When a lettuce outlasts a Prime Minister, we have truly reached the endive days.&quot;</p><p>am/jwp/imm</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2218559" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Outgoing UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday saw her political career wilt quicker than a lettuce, thanks to a tabloid stunt and a crisis-filled six weeks in office.