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floofloof ( floofloof@lemmy.ca )  to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years ago

Liz Truss leaves stage in Beccles as 'lettuce' banner unfurls

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Liz Truss leaves stage in Beccles as 'lettuce' banner unfurls

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floofloof ( floofloof@lemmy.ca )  to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years ago
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The former prime minister brings a speech to an abrupt end when the banner - which also reads "I crashed the economy" - appears.
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  • cRazi_man ( cRazi_man@lemm.ee ) 
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    She’s right, that’s not funny. I’m still paying a stupidly high mortgage rate because of her.

    But pranking her like this and watching the reaction, is indeed really funny.

  • mannycalavera ( mannycalavera@feddit.uk ) 
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    The problem with Truss is that she has nothing to fall back to career wise for the rest of her life. Apart from that outrageous PM pension she has nothing to do to pass her time. Because anytime she wants to get even loosely involved in politics, the lettuce will remind her of her last attempt. And I’m absolutely fine with that 👍.

    • hairyfeet ( hairyfeet@lemmy.ml ) 
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      If it makes you feel any better she doesn’t get that pension https://fullfact.org/online/liz-truss-annual-allowance/

      • mannycalavera ( mannycalavera@feddit.uk ) 
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        This makes me feel better that she isn’t getting any more public money and also sad that we can’t take the piss out of her.

        • floofloof ( floofloof@lemmy.ca ) OP
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          We can’t?

          • mannycalavera ( mannycalavera@feddit.uk ) 
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            Sorry, I mean we can’t take the piss out of her for taking a PM’s pension.

  • Che Banana ( The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 
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    to the delight of us all

  • NigelFrobisher ( NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ) 
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    It’s mad that our cast-off politicians and celebs can be proven failures (Truss, Farage, Corden, Morgan etc) and the yanks will still roll out the red carpet for them because they think our failure cast-offs have an air of sophistication about them.

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      deleted by creator

    • Echo Dot ( echodot@feddit.uk ) 
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      The only one that hasn’t made the move is Jeremy Clarkson.

      • blackstrat ( blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk ) 
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        Clarkson is literally doing more to help farming in Britain than anyone else

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    If I was her I would never wear green again

  • Baggins ( Baggins@feddit.uk ) 
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    I think she was in on it for the publicity. She was even wearing a matching dress. She would probably call it a frock though.

  • Treczoks ( Treczoks@feddit.uk ) 
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    When you are an asshole and an idiot at the same time and get treated like one - don’t be that surprised, Liz. The Lettuce was your boss level monster, and you lost. And now it made you run away from reality again.

    All I can say is Go, Lettuce Go!

  • nickb333 ( nickb333@fedia.io ) 
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    Lizteria. Is that Lettuce hysteria?

  • Amanduh ( Amanduh@lemm.ee ) Banned from community
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    I kinda feel bad for the interviewer if he had nothing to do with this

    • Echo Dot ( echodot@feddit.uk ) 
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      He made the decision to deliberately be in the same room as Liz Truss while she was going to be speaking. This is on him

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