Liz Truss

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Liz Truss

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Liz Truss is a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from September 6, 2022, to October 25, 2022. She is a member of the Conservative Party and became the leader of the party after winning a leadership contest against Rishi Sunak.

Liz Truss storms off stage after lettuce banner joke

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  • Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Liz Truss left the stage at an event to promote her own book after she was targeted by campaigners joking about the lettuce that outlasted her time in Downing Street.

The former prime minister was speaking in Suffolk on Tuesday in support of her memoir Ten Years to Save the West when the event was ambushed with a remote-controlled banner.

Ms Truss, who lost her seat at the general election last month, was in office for just 49 days before a backlash to her mini-budget from the market and Tory MPs forced her resignation.

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