Chris Mason clashed with Liz Truss over whether or not the general public cared about her “lasting much less time than a lettuce”.
The BBC’s political editor stated the UK had been left “a world laughing inventory” by her 49-day stint as prime minister.
As she battled to outlive in No.10, the Every day Star started a stunt to see whether or not she might outlast a lettuce. She didn’t.
In an interview for a BBC podcast, Mason advised Truss: “Your time as prime minister left the UK as a world laughing inventory.”
The ex-PM replied: “Nicely I don’t assume that’s true.”
Mason hit again: “All of the stuff about lasting much less time than a lettuce.”
Truss described that as “pathetic level scoring”.
She added: “That is the type of factor that obsesses what I describe because the London elite. What do different individuals consider me? What’s Brtain’s worldwide standing?
“Britain’s worldwide standing shall be improved …”
However Mason interrupted her to say: “It’s not simply individuals in wine bars in London who had been all in favour of whether or not or not a primary minister lasted longer than a lettuce.
“Individuals might see there was a scenario the place you had been humiliated and so individuals felt that the nation was humiliated.”
Truss replied: “I put ahead what had been completely rational insurance policies that I’d received a management election on.”
However Mason advised her: “The fact is that it blew up.”
The Every day Star’s gimmick grew to become an web sensation throughout Truss’s 49 days as PM.
It was impressed by an article in The Financial, which stated: “Ms Truss entered Downing Avenue on September sixth.
“She blew up her personal authorities with a bundle of unfunded tax cuts and energy-price ensures on September twenty third.
“Take away the ten days of mourning after the loss of life of the Queen, and he or she had seven days in management. That’s the shelf-life of a lettuce.”
The Every day Star arrange a dwell motion cam on YouTube with an actual (60p) lettuce subsequent to an image of Truss to see which might last more.
Requested at a convention in Dublin final yr whether or not she might now see “the humorous aspect”, Truss stated: “I don’t assume it’s humorous, I simply assume it’s puerile.”
Nonetheless, she had earlier stated “the irreverence of the media in Britain is an effective factor on the entire”.