LIZ Truss has doubled down on her claim that a banner showing a lettuce during her show was “not funny” and has claimed it was an attempt to suppress her freedom of speech.

The former prime minister has yet to find the funny side of a stunt, where a banner depicting a lettuce with googly eyes which said “I crashed the economy” was slowly lowered from the ceiling during an event she was speaking at.

Truss, whose disastrous mini budget tanked the economy when she was briefly in charge, was speaking at an event to promote her book when the stunt took place.

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Instead of laughing it off, the former Tory MP has claimed her freedom of speech has been “suppressed” despite walking off the stage herself ...

She took to social media to blast “far-left” activists Led By Donkeys who were behind the “intimidating” stunt and forced the event to stop because of security reasons, apparently.

The lettuce is in reference to a challenge set by the Daily Star newspaper in October 2022 to see if Truss’s premiership could outlast the shelf life of a head of iceberg lettuce – spoilers, it didn't.

Two years on, the lettuce still haunts Truss. She said on social media: “What happened last night was not funny.

“Far-left activists disrupted the event, which then had to be stopped for security reasons.

“This is done to intimidate people and suppress free speech. I won't stand for it.

“Would we see the same reaction if the activists were far-right?”

Abrupt endings are starting to become Truss’s thing, and we hope she will be able to make it down the supermarket fruit and vegetable aisle in the future without immediately making a b-line for the nearest exit.