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Truss or head of lettuce? Tabloid sets up live cam
Liz Truss, Prime Minister of Great Britain, speaks during a press conference at Downing Street. photo
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Not everything is going smoothly for Liz Truss. Can the Prime Minister still hold on at the top? The “Daily Star” keeps an eye on her with a webcam and British humor.
“Can Liz Truss last longer than this salad?” The British tabloid “Daily Star” asked this question on Friday and set up a live broadcast on YouTube, on which a photo of the Prime Minister can be seen next to a head of lettuce with eyes glued on. The Economist magazine recently certified Truss as having the shelf life of a salad in view of the rapidly developing government crisis.
After Truss fired her Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng after just over five weeks on Friday and carried out a tax policy U-turn, speculation increased that she, too, could soon be out of office.
This was preceded by a crisis on the financial markets, which Truss and Kwarteng had triggered by announcing massive tax breaks without any plans for counter-financing. Truss reversed parts of the tax plans on Friday.
Live cam broadcast of the “Daily Star”