The departure of Liz Truss after 45 days in power as British Prime Minister is of course heavily commented on in the local press. News sites also amuse themselves with a pun here and there. An overview.
Watch a summary of Truss’s speech on her resignation as Prime Minister below.
The tabloid ‘The Mirror’ scornfully refers to the movie ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’, a 2000 film starring Nicolas Cage as a car thief. The title also emphasizes that Truss’ successor will be announced within the week.
The former British Prime Minister was prominently featured on the front page of ‘The Economist’ magazine on Wednesday. The article entitled “Welcome to Britaly” makes a comparison between Great Britain and Italy. “A country with political instability, low growth and a subordination to the financial markets where bonds are sold,” it read online.
The big question for tabloid ‘Daily Mail’ is whether Boris Johnson will return as British Prime Minister. At the top of her site, it reads that Johnson and Rishi Sunak are preparing to “fight for the soul of the party”. The latter lost the leadership election against Truss, when a successor was sought for Johnson.
‘The Spectator’ magazine also assumes a battle for the British premiership between Johnson and Sunak. “The ultimate battle to the death,” says political journalist Katy Balls.
Tabloid ‘Daily Express highlights a first on its website. A reporter summarized the last days of Truss’s premiership. In doing so, she managed to curse in English for the first time on German TV.
“No more circus.” That’s what newspaper ‘The Guardian’ writes to British business leaders. They call for economic stability after the departure of Truss.
‘ITV News’, the news service of the British commercial television channel, points out that the political situation in Northern Ireland is also not very stable. Parties must reach an agreement before 28 October or new elections will be called. Meanwhile, the party leader of a unionist party responds “Incredible…yet credible” on Twitter.
Tabloid ‘Daily Star’ wins the wet head of iceberg lettuce. Since Friday 14 October there was a live stream showing how the head of lettuce was placed next to a photo of Truss. In the end, the crop was able to win.
View below the analysis of VTM NEWS journalist Romina Van Camp at HLN LIVE about the departure of Truss.
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