Richard Osman took a swipe at the former PM (Image: Getty)
TV presenter posted a savage swipe at a former Prime Minister. Taking to his social media account, the 54-year-old host and author pointed out a “brutal” statistic from ‘s quiz show Pointless.
Posting to , the TV presenter shared a still from the much-loved programme. It showed that only 45% of people in the UK could name the “surname of the woman who became UK Prime Minister in September 2022.
The clue given was that it began with the letter T and included five letters. It was later revealed to be Truss.
Commenting on the TV moment, Richard wrote: “Less than half of British people can’t name the 2022 Prime Minister with a 5-letter surname beginning with T.” He added: “Politics is even more brutal than showbusiness.”
Fans took to the comments with hilarious posts. One wrote: “It was so brief, it’s easy to forgot!”
Another added: “In fairness, she was only relevant for five minutes!” One more quipped: “Put another way, 45% of people still haven’t managed to erase it from their memory.”
“Everyone remembers the lettuce more,” a fourth said with someone else sharing: “I think you find that we have purposely deleted her from our memory banks!”
It comes after The Daily Star newspaper began a viral campaign to see if Liz Truss could last as Prime Minister before a lettuce went off. They shared a livestream of an iceberg lettuce next to a framed photograph of the politican.
She was made leader of the Conservative party on on September 6, 2022. She then announced her resignation on October 20 2022 – before the lettuce had wilted.
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Liz Truss came under fire (Image: Getty)
Her reign was restricted to a paltry 49 days before she was driven out of office, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in history.
Truss slammed the campaign, as she later said: “I don’t think that’s particularly funny. I just think it’s puerile.”
The politician went on to suggest that journalists should focus on reporting serious news – not what clothes they are wearing, accusing them of maintaining some sort of “soap opera” narrative – after her dress sense was compared to that of Margaret Thatcher.