https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/14/liz-truss-leaves-stage-over-i-crashed-the-economy-lettuce-bannerLiz Truss left the stage abruptly at an event to promote her own book after campaigners unfurled a banner behind her that was emblazoned with the phrase: “I crashed the economy” below a picture of a lettuce.
The former prime minister, who lasted 45 days in office, was in Suffolk on Tuesday discussing the US presidential election when the campaign group Led By Donkeys lowered its remote-controlled banner with a huge picture of a lettuce.
She said the prank was “not funny”. In a statement on X, Truss called Led By Donkeys “far-left activists” who used the stunt as a means to “intimidate people and suppress free speech”.
On Tuesday she expressed her horror at the “attacks on free speech in Britain and Europe”.
Truss was expressing her support for Donald Trump before she was pranked. “I support Trump and I want him to win,” she said before the audience applauded her. “It’s what I was saying a bit about incumbents. I think the average American is not doing well …
“I think it was Bill Clinton’s adviser who said: ‘It’s the economy stupid.’ So I think he [Trump] will, he probably will win. I’ve got a load of Trump questions, by the way.”
