# Daily Star’s Liz Truss Lettuce

> A lettuce outlasted Liz Truss as 21,000 people watched its Twitter feed.

- Owner: Daily Star
- Kind: Campaign
- Sector: Media & publishing
- Seed date: 2022-10-14
- Peak date: 2022-10-20
- Spread Score: 63 (Viral), v1.2
- Mechanics: Newsjacking, Real-world spectacle, Response chain, Platform jump, Political adoption

## Summary

The Daily Star streamed a lettuce beside Liz Truss’s photo. Truss resigned before it wilted, and the paper declared victory. The joke travelled through independent posts, forums and news coverage, then reappeared in Parliament and activist stunts.

## Timeline

- 2022-10-11 — The Economist (Press) — The Economist compared Truss’s period in control to the shelf life of a lettuce.
- 2022-10-13 — Jon Livesey (Open web) — Operator Ed Keeble later credited Jon Livesey with proposing the lettuce livestream the day before launch.
- 2022-10-14 — Daily Star (YouTube) — The Daily Star began streaming a lettuce beside a framed photo of Liz Truss.

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Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Daily Star’s Liz Truss Lettuce.” Case HIS-00512. Spread Score v1.2: 63/100. Updated 2026-10-14. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00512