Liz Truss left the stage abruptly at an event to promote her own book after campaigners unfurled a banner behind her that was emblazoned with the phrase: “I crashed the economy” below a picture of a lettuce.
The former prime minister, who lasted 45 days in office, was in Suffolk on Tuesday discussing the US presidential election when the campaign group Led By Donkeys lowered its remote-controlled banner with a huge picture of a lettuce.
