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A wilting 60p iceberg lettuce from Tesco in a blond wig has been crowned the winner of a bizarre competition after outlasting Liz Truss’s tenuous grip on power.
Seven days ago the Daily Star set up a webcam on the lettuce to see if it would have a longer shelf-life than the prime minister. To add to Truss’s humiliating resignation, the lettuce won.
That's going to feature in trivia quizzes for decades to come.
After only 44 days in office, Liz Truss is now entitled to a lifetime annual allowance of up to £115,000 (NZD225,000).
Despite her short time in office, on her resignation she became eligible for the Public Duty Costs Allowance — a government reimbursement plan for costs, including staff and salary costs, incurred by former prime ministers “arising from their special position in public life” after they leave office.
Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.
The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK
neb: Not Truss-specific but covering all of the recent Tory PMs including Truss, from the Financial Times:
The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK
The plunging pound had not done it. The wholesale dumping of a budget did not do it. A complete collapse in party discipline that led to MPs cursing colleagues and others sobbing did not do it. Even the resignation of Liz Truss, making her Britain’s shortest serving prime minister by some distance, was not enough.
Yet as allies of Boris Johnson immediately let it be known that he was planning to stand for party leader again, just minutes after Truss had retreated into Downing Street at the end of her humiliating resignation speech, a Tory MP with long-lasting doubts about the party’s direction said they were now finally contemplating their future within it.
“If Boris wins, all bets are off,” they said. “Defections, people resigning the whip. It’s all on the table now. I’m starting to realise that I have so little in common with a large number of colleagues.”
Note: Don't assume Boris won't run anyway after he's said he won't. As a serial liar he's done exactly this pretty much every single time in the past, to the point where promising he won't do X almost guarantees he'll then do it.
Anyway, the Economist recently copped some flak for its Welcome to Britaly headline, but I reckon it's only a matter of time before Italian publications are complaining that if Giorgia Meloni gets any worse she'll start to make Italy look like the UK.
Boris is out. Sunak will be PM on Monday.
Labour will not revisit brexit. They risk alienating a large chunk of their potential voters if they do.
Suddenly, it seemed like we could do anything if we put our minds to it, even stop moaning. It was a great time to be British.
Edited to add: There's also a great explanation of how the UK political system works, including gems like:
According to Google translate, Magma Carta is Latin for cardboard volcano
Not sure what you are referring to but
Magna Carta Libertatum to give it the full name is Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms".
By declaring the sovereign to be subject to the rule of law and documenting the liberties held by “free men,” the Magna Carta provided the foundation for individual rights.
SJB:
Not sure what you are referring to but
Magna Carta Libertatum to give it the full name is Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms".
By declaring the sovereign to be subject to the rule of law and documenting the liberties held by “free men,” the Magna Carta provided the foundation for individual rights.
For the privileged few.
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