Liz Truss has finally admitted she likes lettuce, telling Piers Morgan she enjoys all kinds of vegetables, despite the Daily Star's 60p iceberg outlasting her premiership.
The former prime minister, who famously lost a battle of survival against the Daily Star's 60p lettuce, was asked directly by Piers Morgan if she liked the salad favourite. The television host said on his Uncensored show: "First of all, just a question that has always interested me - do you like lettuce? Do you eat lettuce?"
She replied: "I like all kinds of vegetables, yes." But when prompted by Piers if she was "a lettuce fan", the ex-Tory leader had a sense of humour failure.
Truss dismisses lettuce joke as 'puerile'
She added: "Well, it's just a puerile joke, Piers, isn't it? And what I'm saying in my book is we have a problem in Britain, we have a fundamental problem that our system is broken. I tried to fix that, unlike most other Prime Ministers, who just go along with what the system wants. I tried to come in and change it, and I just don't find jokes about it particularly funny."
Piers added: "The reason I think it had relevance and longevity is because in the end, you didn't outlive the lettuce."
Truss blames Bank of England for economic turmoil
The interview came at the end of a day when Truss insisted she was barely to blame for the economic chaos that toppled her government, and reckoned it wasn't her job to do her homework. She pointed the finger at the Bank of England and Treasury officials for failing to warn her of the risks.
Asked how much responsibility she took for the turmoil, she declared: "Not very much is the answer. The vast majority of the responsibility lies with the Bank of England."
Book 'Bank Job' avoids mention of lettuce
The former PM's latest literary offering, Bank Job, is a 94-page rant about the people she claims are to blame for her car crash spell in Downing Street. But there's not a single mention of the Daily Star's world-famous lettuce, which became the symbol of her spectacular wilting. The 60p iceberg famously outlasted the Tory leader after the paper challenged it to survive longer than her premiership.
While the lettuce went on to become a global superstar, Truss was booted out after just 49 days in Number 10. Now she's back with a book settling old scores, pointing the finger at the Bank of England, civil servants, journalists and even fellow Tories.
Critics delivered a savage verdict, branding her attempt to justify her economic policies "preposterous". They accused her of refusing to accept responsibility for the chaos unleashed by her disastrous mini-budget, which sent financial markets into turmoil. One book reviewer described her work as "without question the most deranged" he had ever reviewed.
Truss insists she was the victim of powerful shady figures who conspired to bring down her government. She wrote on X: "The establishment attacks on me are getting more and more deranged. I note they are not attacking on the basis of facts and evidence."
One internet wag replied with an AI image reimagining the book cover with the title 'Nut Job'. Another said: "How do I order zero copies please?" One more branded her a "delusional idiot" while another wrote: "I'm glad to see you don't fall into the trap of overthinking things…"
