From lettuce to Airbnb, internet erupts with memes after UK PM Liz Truss quits
UK PM resignation memes
The United Kingdom is amid yet another political crisis as Liz Truss has announced her resignation as the prime minister after chaotic six weeks of her term at 10 Downing Street. This makes her the shortest-serving PM in UK’s history.
Truss’ time at the office has been described as chaotic with her approval ratings dwindling to 10% following her government’s tax cuts which sent shockwaves across the country’s economy. Since the announcement of her resignation earlier today (October 20), social media has been flooded with memes. From lettuce jokes to calling 10 Downing Street an Airbnb, here are some jokes with which the internet exploded.
Why is Liz Truss being compared to lettuce?
The lettuce gag was inspired by the prominent news journal The Economist whose piece on October 11 noted that Truss’ grip on power amounted to seven days, or “roughly the shelf-life of a lettuce.” This was followed by the UK tabloid The Daily Star which reportedly purchased a head of lettuce and started a live stream.
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This was followed by many users congratulating the lettuce with one user saying, “*lettuce all give a round of applause”, with others saying that it is now eligible to contest as the UK’s next PM which led to a now popular hashtag on the Twitter, “#Lettuce4PM”.
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Even Indian industrialist Anand Mahindra took to Twitterand posted:
This was subsequent to his previous tweet, on October 15 amid the worsening situation in the UK with the caption “Great (Brutal) Britain”.
10 Downing Street: ‘Perfect for short stays’
Another Twitter user posted an image of the official residence of Britain's PM with an Airbnb logo and the tagline that reads “Perfect for short stays”.
One person tweeted, “Liz Truss has literally used 10 Downing Street like an Airbnb #torychaos” and another user said, “Downing Street now with more check-ins than Airbnb. Govt of chaos, disas-Truss PM. They have to go! #LetThePeopleDecide #GeneralElectionNow”.
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Shortest serving Prime Minister in UK’s history