British Ex-PM: Comparing Me To Lettuce Was “Puerile”

Politico Europe reports:

Liz Truss isn’t laughing at the lettuce that outlasted her premiership. Asked Monday about the Daily Star’s live stream of a lettuce that eventually outlasted Truss’ chaotic, market-crashing period in Downing Street, the former British prime minister did not see the funny side.

“I don’t think it was particularly funny, I think it’s puerile,” Truss told Irish broadcaster RTÉ — after she snapped at the interviewer for even asking the question.

Truss — who crashed out of office after 44 days while the lettuce was still going strong — was speaking at the European Broadcasting Union’s NewsXchange conference in Dublin on Monday. The ex-PM also turned her fire on the U.K.’s media, who she attacked for treating politics as a “soap opera.”

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| NEW: Liz Truss has said being outlasted by a lettuce as PM was not funny and was very immature of the Daily Star

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