Liz Truss, lettuce and a lectern: 25 hours of chaos in three minutes
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2022
- Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister after just 45 days in office, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history.
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The announcement, made by Truss outside Downing Street, followed a crash in the UK's economy, the departure of two key cabinet members and a loss of confidence by almost all of her own Conservative MPs.
Truss won the leadership race over Rishi Sunak in September; her resignation has sparked yet another contest to be the Tory leader and next prime minister.
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I thoug she said she is a *Fighter* *and* *not* *a* *quitter,* while knowing nothing about politics.
Maybe she think, she can just walk in there and automatic become rich or just scam the *public.*
The problem is that Labour has become even a weaker version of the Conservatives.
Which is older,the 1922 Committee or the BBC?
Her saying she's a fighter and then quitting literally hours later is one of the funniest things I've ever heard in my life. Just make the evil Tories go away.
She was just planning to have Christina Aguilera as her walk-on music at next year's Conference,if she made it that far.
It was her final u-turn
It's politics, someone higher up told her to do that
@@drsomto007 she was literally prime minister
This lady IS for turning
“I am a fighter, not a quitter!”
Literally the next day, “I quit.”
Humans will be humans
Ever heard of a forced resignation? She didn't want to resign. She was made to.
As Mike Tyson say's " Everyone has a plan, untill they get punched in the face" 😄
That was not surprising at all... given the number of u-turns Liz Truss has done.... probably she decided to quit the nanoseconds after she uttered the words "I am a fighter, not a quitter!"
@@Fireglo OK then explain why Ms "fighter not quitter" literally ran away from Parliament UQ two days before she tried to act tough with this line?
She still receives £115 000 a year pension for life. For a month in a job where your biggest achievement was crashing a G7 economy, that's not bad. After paying NI contributions for fifty-one years, I receive a pension of just over £8500 per year. Seems fair.
should be a probation period.. 6 months is the standard
Politics, banking and the media: the only occupations where someone sacked or forced to resign for incompetence gets a luxury lifestyle pension.
Poor baby. Run for office and shut up.
@@rimmidesign1556 just wow
@@rimmidesign1556 bootlicker
As an Italian this is just so familiar... It's the type of politics we grew up with
My deepest condolence
Hopefully not in the Mussolini era 😮
esatto
No, sorry, even post-War Italy hasn't gone through three prime ministers in as two months.
@@steveweinstein3222 3?
The Liz, the Lettuce and the Lectern. don't remember C.S Lewis writing that one
Not even the visionary Aldous Huxley could've imagined this writhing mess.
@@meh3247 No wonder Liz seemed like she was on another planet: she was whacked out on Soma. Were and will shall make me ill, I take a gram and only am.
😂😂😂😂
A General Election should be held immediately for the public to choose and decide who the next Prime Minister of UK should be.
From neither party ruled by those who can’t be named.
Unfortunately stuff like that costs millions of dollars that the British people have to pay. :(
@@Himmel.Himmel Even if the King actions a complete dissolution, or like says ok we need a general election make it happen?
We're not a direct democracy, chap
@@PinemartenMusic wheres the king or the royal family in all this mess then.
The last few days have to be some of the most embarrassing days in British political history!
I remember watching Boris' resignation and thinking "wow, this is really embarrassing". How naive I was.
Lettuce 2022! Replace the human-shaped vegetables with a true, honest one. Only the Lettuce can lead our country out of its crisis.
Lets see if the lettuce will also outlast the next Tory.
YEAAH
What about Larry the Mouser?
At least the lettuce has a heart
I hope you are right.!! "LETTUCE PRAY "...🤷♂️🤣🤣
Such incredible discipline…. Could you imagine if these people had to work a real job?
ruling an entire nation isnt a real job now?
@@ciarangrey7576 ruling? 😅😂😂😂 they have more babysitters than the royal family. No, it’s not a real job, especially when you have zero accountability. I am a millwright aka a REAL job. Real consequences, real contributions.
@@ciarangrey7576 These people aren't rulers, they're squabblers. The UK doesn't have a government, it has an argument.
People rise to the level of their incompetence, so it's only fitting that the least competent of all would rise to the highest positions of all.
The more I watch politicians the more strong I get in my convictions as an anarchist. Power is the most dangerous drug ever formulated.
@@biohazard3375 and there would be no hard working people without capitalism and government
at least May had the humanity to blub . showed she gave a toss.
Truss gives her resignation like a 3 month work experience student announcing she is leaving to go backpacking around australia.
@iron threads3 She's definitely clever but definitely not wise. She's a chartered accountant actually.
@@syamkumarkaturi9761 An Indian Man or Asian can not be the Prime Minister of UK And also at same time, UK has A Mayor of London as an Indian/Bangladesh or Asian? Kindly have a re-think before Posting. Would you then want the UK to be filled up with Asians who are already populated the Great Britain. The Economy will be more tossed out.
@Will Smith Loooooooool.
No you're just a misogynist. Expecting a woman to cry when she loses her job. Not a single male Prime Minister cried during their resignation speech yet you're mad at a woman for doing the same?
I am writer and I must say its more and more difficult every year to write comedy or science fiction, when reality is more absurd than fiction...
You should protest, "Politicians, stop taking our jobs!!"
@Awoke Awoke Knock knock
The winner is..........the lettuce!
The lettuce would probably be a better PM too
@@fireiron369 Can't crash the pound every time you open your mouth when you don't have a mouth.
“The lettuce might as well be running the government”
3 minutes of comic relief for all of us here at home and the rest of the world, actually 😎
Nevermind Netflix or Sky TV.. The Lizz Truss "mini series" is best programme on earth. Priceless laughs!🤡🤣🤣
I'm watching to see if we can have a PM who stays in office for less time than their goodbye speech.
Even a guy with 50 IQ would take 3 months to fail in college and she failed out of PM chair in less than 2 months
And all us Brits thought that American politics was a circus with Trump in charge.
At least he got voted in by the public.
We sure got proved wrong on that one.
He lost the popular vote twice
Yeah, bet he’s gotten he won the presidency but not the popular vote.
No, He LOST the popular vote. Public didn't vote for Trump... 😭😭
the conservative party won a record majority - we have a parliamentary system...you vote for parties, not people
This shows that being "STRONG", and "CONFIDENT", and wanting to be "LIKE MARGARET THATCHER" doesn't get you anywhere. It takes sense, not emotions.
Edit : For the comments below, in this case, with "STRONG" I meant believing in strength as an emotion, while ignoring what constitutes what is referred to as "strength".
Well, she had neither.
She's like Margaret Thatcher, in that like Margaret Thatcher her career is dead.
She isn't definitely strong or confident. Never was. What this show is that wanting to be STRONG and CONFIDENT and actually being those things are two separate things.
She is also not Thatcher. Most people like myself may dislike Thatcher's politics, but she was indeed a Prime Minister with capital P and capital M, not some low level mediocre politician that somehow found her way to Downing Street.
@@joaobrandao9482 She does have great knockers though.
She needed to be strong, confident and have conviction to even start to be like Margaret Thatcher. Whether you liked her politics or not Thatcher was a conviction politician. On the other side of Parliament there was Barbara Castle, another formidable woman. There’s no one in Parliament today that comes close to these two.
Burst out laughing in the first 10 seconds! The Uk is hilarious
We've always been known for our comedy, we like to make people laugh, laughter is the spice of life 👍
The country is full of comedians
this days leaders of many countries seems to be comedians
USA is worse
Hahaha
@@LutherusPXCs isn't that the truth
Truss:I am a fighter not a quitter
Also Truss after 25 hours: I resign adios
At least the lettuce is still edible. No wasting food 👍
Not like the xr mob & their affiliates tipping milk, .. all over the floor, .. just saying ;-)
I believe the lettuce is now running the country. So we should all be ok now
Hannibal Lecter would disagree
@@Davao420 😂😂😂
I'm surprised the pound bouncing back as soon as she resigned wasn't commented on
Financial markets literally find her repulsive.
Time to short cable ^^
@@syamkumarkaturi9761 reverse colonisation 😂
It was.
‘I realise though, I am absolutely useless and I am resigning’
@@adrianc.8879 You mean ... earlier. Fixed that for you.
Yeah at least she realised she was terrible early on and didn’t let it drag on
As an American, this is 1000x more riveting and hilarious than "The Thick of It"
Great series... seems we have a live action recreation much like they're doing with the Disney films!
We Brits are world famous for comedy, and as you can see our politicians have mastered it.
@@davidmccann9811 yes Brits your American master laughs at you
This is embarrassing 🤯
When Johnson quit, I said the British were extravagant.
It was just a party. Is this the result?
Aww... she didn't even get to change the wallpaper
Or probably her knickers!!!🤯🤷♂️🤣
She was hoping to get a carpet to match the wallpaper. We all know how she would like to rub her carpet in all our faces.
I think she did rather well because when properly stored, leafy greens like lettuces can stay fresh and crisp for 7 to 10 days !
We are filling the gap Trump left 😀
absolutely agreed
You mean a month I think
@@denisem1080 No, I mean what I said. I think you've missed my point !
Amen ! 🙏🏾
Who needs tofu with all the popcorn we've been eating?
Both are delicious
Get in there lettuce, miracles do happen mate!
Give it to Larry!
VOTE FOR LETTUCE!!
This is the real leadership contest: Larry the Cat vs Liz the Lettuce!!!
Call a general election now!
You couldn't write this, it's like something out of a carry on film
Oh i see how you’re doing Sandra
That's what happens when you do things without understanding the long term repercussions.
No, it's the opposite, they were planning long term policies not short term ones which is what is currently needed. Short term plans to counter spending and inflation. Long term plans inflation won't be an issue once BOE raises interest rates and then you can focus on increase of GDP.
N when you vote based on skin colour rather than ability.
@@snsn7251 The Tories can't elect a brown leader. How would they blame immigrants for everything from gas prices to poor broadband?
So basically, the usual Tory method?
When I, a young German conservative, see this mess, I am really thankful for 18 years of Angela Merkel as leader of our party. And thankful for all my fellow party members for electing her.
"Liz was the best prime minister the UK has ever had!" - V. Putin
The lettuce I assume is making a statement?
Cool. Collected. In command. The leader we deserve.
Thank you England for the laughs, been going on since 2016, hilarious
"I'm NOT a Quitter!" "I Quit." Liz Truss.
tories, the millionaire clows belonged by the billonaires who destroy the earth
Correct, real conservatives would cut taxes and spending and be honest about fiat currency being trash.
As a simple Yankee, I'm thinking: "What the heck is going on in the US... and the UK?! 🙄🇺🇲🇬🇧
Like father like son.
Hahhaha
We’re inextricably linked whether we want to be or not! I saw an infographic yesterday that pointed out the regularity of UFO sightings and where they were on a map of the earth and expectedly the US was lit up like a Xmas tree, but then the UK was equally as hot! Rest of the world, barely a thing, Australia maybe was 3rd looking at the map, but it made me realise how much we are linked by our cultures.
Their downfall in a nutshell.
@@catherinemesuelo1219 I wonder who the father is and who the son is .
I still can't believe that lettuce won 😭
I am not up to date. Can u explain by what lettuce won mean? Everyone’s saying that
Liz Truss the u-turn PM gave her final u-turn quitting as PM 24 hours after saying she's a fighter not a quitter. She was the gift that kept on giving, she will be missed!
In a speech that was upbeat in tone, rather than emotional, Mr. Johnson appealed to his fractured Conservative Party to unite. “It’s time for politics to be over, folks. It’s time for us all to get behind Liz Truss and her team and her program and deliver for the people of this country,” he added.
Well, there's no debating in Liz' incompetence, but that was clearly a glass cliff they pulled there...
Hello how are you today
@@silvernightray7701 merely a casual observer, myself. I merely noted the irony, having listened to Boris' speech on the radio, and sending such a positive, upbeat mood...
I’m out of the country right now. When I look back on what is going on I am completely embarrassed and ashamed of what is happening.
Large portions of the population are frightened and worried about the future and we have a party in leadership who’s main focus is to serve their own narrow minded short term interests rather than deal with the problems the country faces.
A general election is required but it won’t happen. We are likely going to be going round this merry go round until 2024
I have been ashamed since 2016.
lets see if Russia doesn't put us out of our misery before then.
Imagine if Oliver Cromwell was alive to witness this mess
Liz: I'm a fighter, not a quitter
Morgan Freeman: *She was a quitter*
Curb your enTrussiasm...I feel like she's completing a hitman mission like she leaves Downing Street and just hears "Excellent job 47"
Lizz Truss : Mr. Speaker I'm a fighter & not a quitter".🥊🥊. Then within 48 hours ....quits !!🤣🥊🥊💥💥💤💤💤.. .Loving it!!
A quitter not a fighter, beaten by a lettuce.
Breaking news!
To be fair though...it was ONLY a vegetable!! ...Liz I mean!!🤣
@@kenneththompson8933 OOF...
“I am a fighter, not a quitter!”.
Then Quits. 😂
I'm just so relieved we didn't choose chaos with Ed Miliband😂
A Very British Coup...
Emotional damage ! Nothing more to say
I keep seeing these MPs resigning but they're still there.
“GONE GONE GONE!!”
Na this is legendary
-Corperation tax cut, GONE
-90p tax cut, GONE
*The Queen, GONE AS WELL*
- win the vote for Tory leadership
- meet the Queen
- the Queen dies of cringe
- make the crisis even worse
- refuse to elaborate further
- leaves
I'm glad our government isn't chaotic like theirs. The UK needs our help, it appears
0:27 Liz Truss: "Mr. Speaker, I am a fighter, not a quitter."
Look at the reaction of the woman in blue at the bottom right.😄👍
This is one of my favourite episodes of the news
A Red Waller from Bolton told a local interviewer he wanted Boris back.
Why ? asked the interviewer
After a short pause the Boltonian said "I don't know"
These people are the ones who elected Bunter in the 1st place, because he looks amusing
As someone from Bolton that's really embarr assing
The people who take pride in their ignorance and are impervious to reason. Should have paid attention at school in order to learn how to think. Britain has one of the lowest levels of political literacy anywhere in the world. It shows.
Maria Zakharova, Russia's spoke person, is a lot smarter. She said Feb re Truss: If anyone needs saving from anything, it's the world, from the stupidity and ignorance of British politicians.
Shocking
" NOT A QUITTER ! "
Still love Hunt trying so hard to keep a straight face as she said it. !!😂🤣
Get in, f**k s**t up, get out. The Steve McClaren of politics.
F**k s**t up, make money, get out. The Malcolm McClaren of morality.
She really did move up and moved out so quickly
I'm movin' on up, movin' on out, Movin' on up, nothin' can stop me
She never had time to unpack, just pick up her case by the door 😆😆😆 ol boot
She's leaving home, bye bye
The most bizzare thing is this shortest premiership is also when the longest reign of Britain's monarch came to an end.
How much does lettuce cost in British supermarkets anyway? And what is the plural of lettuce anyway? Lettuces? Lettice? Please enlighten me.
She can concentrate on write her memoirs now. Won’t be a book alas. Just writing it on a postage stamp will suffice.
“I’m a lover not a fighter “
- Michael Jackson
She's probably thinking as she resigns, "oh yess humiliate me daddy!"
The lettuce really did outlast her… 🥬
Well that’s made kwasis day 😂😂😂😂
You gotta love the UK. My next bet is that bojo will be back 😂
Penny Mordaunt
Leader of the House of Commons of United Kingdom

The biggest shocker to me is that she’s only 47. I thought she was in her 60’s.
I love this song "Its The Final U-Turn" by a band called Europe. It's the best song of the 80's, the same vintage as her policies.
The Final Countdown, if I remember it correctly
We cant use it, Europe (the EU) doesn't like us 🤣
At least a lettuce wouldn't allow fracking
Thought she could handle it?
Sorry to our friends across the pond 😂 but this is highly entertaining. But hey, at least your conservatives aren’t anti democracy insurrectionists like ours 😭
I wish the media would stop to think what really matters, like, how does this affect my rent, mortgage, food bills, Universal Discredit. I've heard precisely nothing about that on any channel today.
because that will depend on who will follow her as PM.
@@zorktxandnand3774 Duh. They've spent the entire afternoon speculating who might follow without the slightest analysis of what that would mean for the things that matter
@@janetgough6585 That's probably because (1) the news only broke at 1.30 this afternoon with very little warning and the rest of the day has naturally been spent with Tory MPs either testing the waters, disqualifying themselves or else wholeheartedly throwing their names into the ring; even the official "rules" going forward were only announced a few hours ago; (2) the vast majority of us simply won't get a say on who it is unless the Tory party get sufficiently spooked enough to say "sod this, let's just have a general election". Which they won't, because they'll be wiped out. So we're all just going to have to take what we're given regardless of how it effects mortgage payments/food bills/anything you think might matter. This isn't like four months ago where we had two months of learning who all the potential players are and what they apparently stood for and what it might mean - this is all going to be done one way or another in 8 days with nominations not even closing until Monday evening, so you're probably not going to see much of any analysis on the candidates or anything else until the matter is settled due to things moving at a frankly ridiculous pace because the Tories simply do not want to risk their government becoming "unstable" and thus providing an excuse for a general election to be called; (3) none of the even potential candidates have made their mandates public yet so quite literally all anyone can do is speculate without analysis; (4) Liz Truss made it clear that she will functionally remain as PM until a successor is chosen next Friday so it ultimately doesn't really change much of anything over the next 8 days anyway. We're still living under -her- Jeremy Hunt's economic plan and probably will do until the next GE since I'd imagine the last thing the next Tory PM would want to do is risk spooking the markets yet again.
That would be too much hard work. This clowning around is much easier, and they really do believe this is what the British public are interested in.
@@truthsearcher596 Absolutely. What we need to know is whether the havoc Truss has caused will continue now she's gone; nobody is even addressing that and it's what matters
Christmas is only 1.5 prime ministers away.
And 3 Chancellors.
Italy moment
Never knew English could sound so dynamic.
Physically man handled!? And bullied!? 😮
Oh Jacob you are going to have to pretend to like another one now 😂😂😂😂
Unbelievable
"I am a golfer!"
UK I’m sorry you’re going through this but you truly are the best
Thank you its just an absolute mess. Where are you from? I hope your government is better than ours at least!
US and it’s not 😩
@@katesweight oh dear...well thanks for thinking of us hopefully one day we'll both have somewhat decent governments but probably not lol
if this is the case for developed nations then what should be the case for developing ones. I guess its time for everyone to end the politics and globally come together as one for welfare of all.
@@staceys5447 Both will get better, there's always hope for the future! And if the people lose hope then things will never get better
Boris gets his comb ready.
Boris has a comb?
@@jamesgravil9162 nah
wow
What a surreal 45 days that was.
WEF puppets
What does lettuce Have to do with her...?
1:45
It has a longer shelf life... Lol
The Daily Star was running a livestream to determine whether a head of lettuce would rot before Liz Truss left.
The lettuce was victorious.
@@ToaArcan 😂😂😂
The Economist said that Liz has the shelf life of a lettuce which then prompted the Star to do the livestream
1:41 "The damage they have done to OUR PARTY is incredible." Because the party's the most important thing, always.
Almost at the level of my city
watching this from ireland has been both hilarious and full of dread. this could affect the unification in very, very bad ways
Abolish the parliament
1:48 the lettuce
How embarrassing
Brilliant comedy. Even sitcom writers can write this script
Put her on universal credit and let her see how real Life is working nobody can survive out here now the UK is very upset with the outcome
And make her homeless so she can see how hard it is to find an honest decent landlord willing to have a tenant in receipt of benefits. That should wake her up a bit!
Totally agree with you ..
Bro was Speedrunning being a PM 💀💀💀
taaank you
Keir Starmer is looking like a great PM already!
Alongside " LOST TRUSS-T"..so would Fred Flinstone!!🤣🤣
But he will also keep those sanctions on Russia. So no chance of saving the country from that self- inflicted wound. The sanctions wiped out her plans. The same will happen to Labour.