‘Well THAT was a car crash’: Social media likens Liz Truss to Forrest Gump as she storms out of press conference – after exploding with memes after Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked
- Liz Truss likened to Forrest Gump after she storming out of press conference
- Other Twitter users joked she was about ‘as effective as a chocolate teapot’
- Earlier, Twitter was awash with memes mocking Kwasi Kwarteng’s sacking
Twitter users have likened Liz Truss to Forrest Gump after she appeared to storm out of her own ‘car crash’ press conference, which lasted for eight minutes and 21 seconds.
The Prime Minister took to the podium this afternoon to say it was ‘clear’ that parts of the mini-budget, announced by the now departed Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last month, went ‘further and faster’ than expected.
She said she would reverse her plan to scrap an increase in corporation tax, in a bid to quell the volatile markets.
But Truss was next in line to face the wrath of the Twittersphere, which had already exploded with memes about the former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng – who was sacked earlier today.
Now turning their sights on the PM, who only took four questions from journalists after her U-turn announcement in a highly unusual move, some less-than-impressed users joked she was ‘as effective as a chocolate teapot’.
Twitter was awash with people’s takes on Liz Truss’ press conference, which lasted eight minutes and 21 seconds
The Daily Star has set up a livestream to see whether a lettuce or Liz Truss will ‘last longer’
People were quick to make a jibe at the Prime Minister’s quick exit, with one comparing her to Homer Simpson disappearing into a bush.
Meanwhile, the Daily Star has set up a livestream of a picture of Liz Truss next to a lettuce, in a bid to find out which will last longer.
The paper said that bookies have given odds of 6-1 for the Prime Minister to be replaced faster than it takes a lettuce to decay, around 35 days.
The political drama unfolded today as the former Chancellor cut short a trip to the US and flew back to London, after being summoned by Liz Truss following concerns over his mini-budget announcement on September 23.
Mr Kwarteng arrived at No 10 around noon today and accepted the Prime Minister’s request to stand down less than half an hour later, before leaving through the front door of No 11 with a smile on his face.
Around 30 minutes later it was announced that Jeremy Hunt would be taking over the role.
Following the news, Twitter went wild with memes as some joked that they had ‘cheese in their fridge that had lasted longer’ than Kwarteng’s tenure, which lasted 38 days.
It comes as today, the former Chancellor cut short a trip to the US and flew back to London, after being summoned by Liz Truss following concerns over his mini-budget announcement on September 23.
Mr Kwarteng arrived at No 10 around noon today and accepted the Prime Minister’s request to stand down less than half an hour later, before leaving through the front door of No 11 with a smile on his face.
Around 30 minutes later it was announced that Jeremy Hunt would be taking over the role.
Following the news, Twitter went wild with memes as some joked that they had ‘cheese in their fridge that had lasted longer’ than Kwarteng’s tenure, which lasted 38 days.
Others, including ‘right-wing’ comedian Joe Lycett, said that he had become a member of the ‘anti-growth coalition’ – a phrase Truss has used to describe detractors of her economic policy.
Kwarteng flew back early from Washington today to have ‘urgent talks’ with the Prime Minister, before suggestions came out that he is facing the sack.
Multiple pictures of his flight path were shared with suggestions that his plane was doing a U-turn, mere hours before the Prime Minister is expected to announce another rowing back on elements of the mini-budget.
One Twitter user responded to the news of his sacking by labelling Truss and Kwarteng ‘Clueless’.
They posted a mock-up of the Chancellor and Liz Truss as Cher and Dionne in 90s chick flick by the same name, writing ‘Kwasi Kwarteng dashes back from the US to be sacked by Liz Truss?’.
Others could not help but to compare it to Nadhim Zahawi’s short-lived career as Chancellor in the final days of Boris Johnson’s government.
Kwarteng’s departure after just 38 days makes him the second shortest-serving Chancellor in modern British politics.
Zahawi served the third shortest tenure with 62 days during a short-lived reshuffle under Boris Johnson.
Another post shows a picture of Kwarteng appearing on University Challenge, captioned with ‘”Who was the shortest-serving post-war chancellor not to die in office?” BZZZZTTT “Kwarteng, Cambridge” “Correct”‘.
Others on Twitter called him and Prime Minister Liz Truss ‘toast’ and questioned his mathematics abilities after the mini-budget.
One meme showed a photoshopped Ladybird children’s book entitled ‘Counting with Kwasi’ with a picture of a child writing on a chalk board ‘4 – 5 = 9’.
A cartoon posted by one Tweeter shows a ‘£0’ bank note with Truss and Kwarteng on the front.
The Prime Minister will hold a press conference at 2pm in which she is widely tipped to bow to political and economic pressure to increase corporation tax, abandoning a major policy in the Chancellor’s economic plans.
In a letter, Mr Kwarteng confirmed he had been ‘asked to stand aside’ rather than quitting – and suggested he still believes that the tax-cuts should go ahead.
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