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Former PM said ‘that’s not funny’ when remote-controlled banner was unfurled behind her at event in Suffolk
Last part of the article with a grain of “nottheonion” vibe :
Truss has become vocal on US politics, last month addressing Republican supporters to learn lessons from her brief time in No 10. She insisted: “I’ve learned how powerful the unelected bureaucracy is. You have to win in November … you have to dismantle the leftist state … they are devious, they are ruthless and they are out to get you.”
The former prime minister has previously criticised the Daily Star’s lettuce joke, insisting it was not “particularly funny”, noting in June: “I just think it’s puerile.”
She went on to criticise the British media, claiming it was “known throughout the world for being particularly vociferous” and it is not “particularly deferential to politicians”.
The banner stunt came shortly after Truss voiced her support for Elon Musk, who has claimed the UK has a two-tier policing system. She said on X: “I am appalled by the attacks on free speech in Britain and Europe. We can’t be truly free without free speech. Good for Elon Musk and X for standing up to these bullies.” Musk responded, thanking her for support.
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Says woman that wasn’t elected.
The economy? I thought brexit and the morons that voted for it was to blame for that
She specifically enacted an absolutely financially disastrous tax cut that ballooned the national debt for extremely little gain in her extremely brief tenure.
I initially read mormons, and wanted to know why they were fucking up the UK
It’s kind of just their bag
I’ve learned how powerful the unelected bureaucracy is.
You fucking clown, you are the unelected bureaucracy. It was you (unelected) and the people you put in charge of the economy (unelected) who fucked everything up.
It’s also a little amusing that what brought her down was ultimately the markets doing their thing. Assets in the free market changing in price is not the work of some unelected bureaucracy, that’s capitalism.
Liz Truss was brought down by capitalism, and greedy investors being smarter than her at predicting the future. She just can’t say that, or perhaps refuses to believe it.
Capitalism is something that’s supposed to be forced on other people, not them.
What? But she was so good for the British economy! Didn’t you hear about the apples?
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She could avoid all this unpleasantness by fucking off for good instead of clinging onto relevance. She deserves worse, but I absolutely love this banner.
I don’t think it was meant to be funny, genius.
I thought it was funny.
lol, wanker.
Briefcase wanker!
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I love that she wore a green dress.
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The lettuce image and joke arose from the final days of Truss’s premiership, when the Daily Star launched a live stream of a lettuce to see whether Truss’s battle to survive in No 10 could last longer than a 60p iceberg lettuce from Tesco.
Epic.
gotta love some good old British trolling
Huh, never noticed how similar it sound between Liz Truss Leaves and Lettuce Leaf
Articles like this need a clear shot of the banner.
Best I’ve found:
There’s video from the group Led By Donkeys.
The slow-motion drop of that banner makes it all the funnier
I thought the sad three claps when she left were particularly hilarious too
Were they applauding her? or applauding her leaving? or applauding the banner?
Definitely applauding her as it started when she got up and left and the claps were just so sad…
Fantastic!
