The Head Of Lettuce Has Won: Memes React To The Resignation Of Prime Minister Liz Truss

British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation today, capping a wild past few days in British politics and their ensuing memes.

Her resignation is far from unexpected. British tabloid Daily Star ran a livestream of a picture of Truss and a head of lettuce, wagering that Truss would be out of office before the vegetable rotted. It seems the lettuce has won, and the internet is ripe with memes referencing it.

BREAKING NEWS:

🚨 THE LETTUCE HAS OFFICIALLY OUTLASTED LIZ TRUSS AND WON 🚨

ALL HAIL THE LETTUCE.

🥗🥗🥗 https://t.co/o1zi8UEXXd

— Daily Star (@dailystar) October 20, 2022

To celebrate, the lettuce was gifted with a traditional British treat — a Gregg’s sausage roll. Despite a worrisome brown streak and heavy wilting, the vegetable seemed to be in good shape.

Celebratory sausage roll for the lettuce. pic.twitter.com/yoyU1iZB6z

— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) October 20, 2022

the lettuce pic.twitter.com/dn9PKhbJLc

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) October 20, 2022

Liz Truss became Prime Minister following a leadership election in the Conservative (also known as Tory) party to replace Boris Johnson, who resigned following several scandals. This means it was not voters that selected Truss, but other politicians.

During her 45-day tenure, Queen Elizabeth II died and Truss proposed a controversial tax plan that sent world markets into a downward spiral. Her government then backtracked and undid some of the tax plan, leading to several resignations and un-resignations of senior officials.

According to the most recent polls, Truss had a whopping negative 60 percent approval rating. Now, she has officially resigned.

Liz Truss – Gone.

Lettuce – Romaine.

— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) October 20, 2022

The Daily Star lettuce: pic.twitter.com/QXo8WRo33e

— Jason Okundaye (@jasebyjason) October 20, 2022

are your kids secretly texting about politics??

TGIF = this government is fucked
LOL = lettuce outlast liz

— lex croucher (@lexcanroar) October 20, 2022

Many online joked about the brevity of Truss’ time in power. Anthony Scaramucci, who was famously the White House Communications Director for only 10 days in 2017, measured her tenure against his.

Liz Truss lasted 4.1 Scaramuccis

— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) October 20, 2022

Liza Minnelli has outlived Liz Truss’s time at 10 Downing Street. She has informed King Charles III that she has resigned.

— LizaMinnelliOutlives (@LiZaOutlives) October 20, 2022

The other major party in Britain, Labour, is calling for a general election so that a totally new government can form. Many speculate that Labour would do well in a new election because of the current instability and unpopularity of the Conservative Party.

94 year old ex army Tory party member father just said he’d now vote Labour. Pre whisky.

— Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) October 19, 2022

Liz Truss never misses. The Queen, the economy and now the Conservative Party. All in a matter of weeks. Deadly.

— Patch Thompson (@Patch_Thompson) October 19, 2022

Liz Truss has resigned but will hang around for another week.

She is the shortest-serving Prime Minister in Uk history.

She will get £115,000 annual allowance for the rest of her life.

We need a general election now, not another Tory party leadership election.

— Prem Sikka (@premnsikka) October 20, 2022

Many also seem upset at the instability in the British government. Since the vote to exit the European Union in 2016, the country’s politics have often been in turmoil.

Some see the turmoil as symptomatic of larger problems in the world’s major democracies, and linked troubles in Britain to troubles across the Atlantic and elsewhere.

General. Election. Now. Or take to the streets …. Five Prime Ministers in six years. Just fuck off. All of them

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) October 20, 2022

Before Brexit, Britain had four prime ministers over 31 years.

Since Brexit, Britain has had four prime ministers over seven (7) years. pic.twitter.com/tZKI9lUa7h

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 20, 2022

Do not doubt this: The failure of Britain to stabilize, the elections of autocrats in several European countries & the surge of US @GOP performance artists gives Putin hope of future NATO/western division.

The US can put a stake in that by not electing idiots in 3 weeks.

Vote!

— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) October 20, 2022