‘When I find myself in times of trouble, Graham Brady comes to me, passing me the dressing, lettuce be’: Lib Dems set to pay tribute to ex-member Liz Truss at famous Glee Club gathering with parody version of Beatles song marking her short time in office

Liberal Democrat delegates will pay tribute to former member Liz Truss at today’s famous ‘Glee Club’ gathering with a song marking her brief premiership.

This year’s songbook – set to be belted out by conference attendees at the party’s traditional musical gathering on the final night – contains a new entry to mark Miss Truss’s time in office.

Sung to the tune of ‘Let it Be’ by the Beatles, it pokes fun at the former Prime Minister being outlasted by a lettuce during her final days in No 10.

Liberal Democrat delegates will pay tribute to former member Liz Truss at today’s famous ‘Glee Club’ gathering with a song marking her brief premiership

The lyrics read: ‘When I find myself in times of trouble, Graham Brady comes to me, passing me the dressing, lettuce be.

‘And in my hour of darkness, He is standing right in front of me, passing me the dressing, lettuce be. Lettuce Liz, Lettuce Liz, Lettuce Liz, Lettuce Liz, Outlasted by a Lettuce, Lettuce Liz.’

In a separate tune likely to cause unease within the Liberal Democrat leadership, members and MPs will recite lyrics heralding Britain rejoining the European Union.

The lyrics read: ‘When I find myself in times of trouble, Graham Brady comes to me, passing me the dressing, lettuce be’ (Pictured is an image from the Daily Star’s livestream of an iceberg lettuce, after an opinion piece in the Economist compared Ms Truss’s expected brief stint in No10 to the shelf life of a lettuce) 

Leader Sir Ed Davey and his team have been careful to avoid giving a clear answer on the matter, instead suggesting it does not matter to voters anymore.

But to the tune of the 1996 football anthem Three Lions, the song goes: ‘Gold stars on the flag, four freedoms still gleaming

‘Glory years of peace, keep us all campaigning.

‘I know that was then, but we’ll be there again.

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