BONUS: How the lettuce became Liz Truss’s nemesis, with Jon Livesey

BONUS: How the lettuce became Liz Truss’s nemesis, with Jon Livesey

In this bonus episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Rachel Cunliffe interviews the Daily Star deputy editor-in-chief Jon Livesey about how a lettuce livestream helped chronicle the downfall of Liz Truss’s calamitous time in office.

They talk about why it cut through to the public, what’s happening to the lettuce now, and which vegetable will come next.


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