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Liz Truss leaves stage as lettuce banner unfurls

Andy Trigg
BBC News, East of England
Andrew Turner
BBC News, Norfolk
Reporting fromBeccles
The former prime minister was giving her to Donald Trump when the banner slowly appeared

Liz Truss walked off stage at a public event after a banner showing a picture of a lettuce and the words "I crashed the economy" was unfurled above her.

The former prime minister was on stage at Beccles Public Hall, Suffolk, when the banner appeared.

A video posted on X showed the speech being stopped and Ms Truss saying "that's not funny" before walking off stage.

The activism group Led By Donkeys claimed responsibility for the stunt, while Suffolk Police said a man had been arrested and released without charge.

"Liz Truss is on a pro-Trump speaking tour. So we dropped a strategically-positioned remote-controlled lettuce banner," the group posted on social media.

"She didn’t find it funny."

Ms Truss responded to the prank on X, claiming it was done to "intimidate people and suppress free speech".

X Liz Truss's post on X which reads: 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?X

Ms Truss was speaking in Beccles on Tuesday evening to promote her new book.

In the footage, she stops speaking when her attention is drawn to the banner behind her.

She is then heard to ask "what's that":[]}