Liz Truss: «Comparing me to a salad wasn't particularly funny»

Liz Truss criticized the British media at an event in Dublin on Monday. Photo: Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com/Shutterstock

Lise Truss dismissed a live broadcast of a tabloid newspaper about lettuce pitting the vegetable's rate of decay against her government's downfall as «childish.»

Former prime minister who was forced to leave number 10 after just 49 days, said the viral video was not «particularly funny» in a series of remarks criticizing the «vociferous» British media machine.

She also said it was «lazy thinking» to suggest that she was copying Margaret Thatcher's dress sense, an observation that often made headlines, claiming that women politicians are often compared to each other because «there aren't too many of us» . /p>

Last fall, the Daily Star launched a daring contest to see if Ms. Truss could survive a 60p Tesco salad as she sought to save her ailing premiership.

Ultimately leafy vegetables won the competition, the newspaper triumphantly projects a giant salad image onto the Houses of Parliament as a sign of respect.

Liz Truss' salad was sent to the Houses of Parliament. Photo: Twitter

Speaking at the News Xchange conference in Dublin on Monday, Miss Truss said: “I don't think it's particularly funny. I just think it's childish.»

She also said she was «too lazy» to suggest that she dress like the Iron Lady, insisting that it was «not something I ever consciously aspired to do.» in general.”

р><р>Ms Truss said that while the «heavy debate» in the UK media is «a good thing overall», she believes there has been «too much focus» on soap opera storytelling coupled with a «very poor» understanding of economics. thinking.

She also claimed that following politicians by «yelling at them» was «not exactly journalism.»

«There's too much focus on people and it's seen as sort of an entertaining story to watch — sort of a soap opera, not a discussion of ideas, and I especially find that fair for the economy,» she said.

< p>«I think the level of understanding of economic ideas in the media and the ability to explain them is really very low.»

The Daily Star advertised a cheeky parody of Liz Truss

Ms Truss said that the British media were «known around the world for their particularly high-profile speech» and that they were not «particularly respectful of politicians».

She added: «It's frustrating because I got into politics because I wanted to change the country. I want to promote certain ideas. And it's frustrating to be distracted by discussions about what kind of hat you wear or whether you like photography or whatever, rather than one of the biggest issues affecting the UK, Europe, Ireland and the US.< /p>

“I do think that sometimes politics is treated like a branch of the entertainment industry. Who's up, who's down, who says what about who — it's a bit of a playground when things get really big.»

Ms Truss's quick turn downing Street made her the shortest prime minister in history . .

She beat Rishi Sunak in the race for Boris Johnson's seat last year by pledging a program of low taxes and rapid growth.

But her political career has taken a turn for the worse. popularity as the pound collapsed and the BoE was forced to intervene to calm the markets after her explosive mini-budget.