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Liz Truss storms off stage after being victim to humiliating prank during event

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Updated 11:21 14 Aug 2024 GMT+1Published 11:00 14 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Liz Truss storms off stage after being victim to humiliating prank during event

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss was taking questions during her book tour when she was pranked

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

Liz Truss stormed off stage after reading a banner that had been unknowingly unfurled behind her.

The former British Prime Minister was one of the shortest serving members in British political history, replacing Boris Johnson before handing in her resignation after just six weeks, staying in office for a grand total of just 50 days.

For reference, at the time of writing, Sir Keir Starmer has already been Prime Minister for 41 days, just a week and a half away from surpassing Truss' tenure.

Truss' time in No.10 was short-lived. (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Truss' time in No.10 was short-lived. (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Her rule was so ridiculed in fact, that the internet thought it'd be funny to livestream a lettuce to see if it would outlast the PM.

Everyone looked on eagerly, to see just how much the vegetable would wilt, but after just 49 days in office, The Daily Star, who was live streaming the lettuce, declared it to be victorious.

And it looks like the legacy of that lettuce lives on, as the 49-year-old was embarrassed at a political event in Beccles, Suffolk.

While answering questions from an audience as part of her book tour on Tuesday (13 August) evening, a banner was unfurled from the ceiling behind her.

It read "I crashed the economy," while being accompanied by the famous lettuce and its stick on googly eyes, with the stunt being carried out by campaign group Led By Donkeys.

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The tagline was a reference to her goal to cut taxes and spending, which ultimately caused the UK economy to plummet into crisis.

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Truss had also lost her South West Suffolk seat in the July election by just over 600 seats.

She took a while to notice the banner, but was unamused when she turned around and read it, saying: "That's not funny."

After this, she took her notes, took her microphone off and left the event, as there was a small bit of applause as she made her exit.

A campaign group took credit for the stunt. (X/Led By Donkeys)
A campaign group took credit for the stunt. (X/Led By Donkeys)

Campaign group Led By Donkeys took credit for the banner, with the group's X account posting the video of the incident online.

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They wrote: "Liz Truss is on a pro-Trump speaking tour. So we dropped a strategically positioned remote controlled lettuce banner."

This isn't the group's first stunt this year either, as they used a remote controlled banner with a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin on to disrupt a speech by Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform UK party.

Truss has not commented on the stunt.

Featured Image Credit: X/Led By Donkeys

Topics: Politics, Social Media, UK News

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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