Liz Truss
"Liz-Truss 2021 Portrait" — Photo by Photographer: Simon Dawson / No10 Downing Street Posted by: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP / Wikimedia Commons / OGL 3
The blink-and-you-missed-it leader.
She climbed to the pinnacle of British politics only to tumble down in record-breaking time. Her tenure is now a permanent punchline for anyone measuring how quickly a career can wilt under pressure.
Did you know?
The tabloid newspaper 'The Daily Star' ran a live webcam broadcast featuring a head of iceberg lettuce to see if it would last longer than her premiership; the lettuce won.
“A leafy green vegetable once outlasted my entire tenure.”
“I famously insisted that 'this is a disgrace' while departing my final residence.”
“My time in the top office was shorter than the lifespan of a common mackerel.”
“I stood in a frozen square in Moscow wearing a fur hat that became a global meme.”
“I served as the shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history.”