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‘Blue plaque’ at Walthamstow Tesco honours lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss
Star of Daily Star’s web stunt given fake heritage mark after proving itself less perishable than Truss’s premiership
A fake blue plaque has been erected outside a Tesco in Walthamstow to commemorate the fact that the lettuce that famously outlasted Liz Truss’s premiership was bought there.
At the death of her 49 days as prime minister a wilting 60p iceberg lettuce from Tesco in a blond wig was declared the winner of a race to last longest as she lost her grip on power after her disastrous mini-budget, which led to her sacking the then chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng.
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