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Kate Plummer
Dec 15, 2021
Liz Truss has just wished the world a merry Christmas - 10 days early - and people have thoughts.
Posting on Twitter, the foreign secretary shared an image in which she is sat on a chair in a tinsel and lights decorated room, with a globe in the background to the left, and a union flag in the background to the right (of course).
She said she wanted to wish people a merry Christmas but people had other ideas.
Wishing everyone in the UK and around the world a merry Christmas 🇬🇧 🌎 https://t.co/xPmsm2t7JH— Liz Truss (@Liz Truss) 1639559644
Some people speculated she may be setting herself up to be the next leader of the Conservative Party in light of Boris Johnson’s... political difficulties.
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@trussliz Has your leadership campaign started already, Lizzie?— Duncan Gilmour (@Duncan Gilmour) 1639559781
Least subtle declaration of a leadership campaign ever https://t.co/OEA5vqlcZ9— Owen Jones 🌹 (@Owen Jones 🌹) 1639565445
Oh she wants to be PM ahahaha https://t.co/AAajWzENsI— Mķhů🇿🇼🤲🏾 (@Mķhů🇿🇼🤲🏾) 1639565729
While others took the opportunity to joke about what she is perhaps best known for - that infamous cheese speech. A disgrace.
@trussliz Thanks, Liz. How’s the cheese thing?— Karl Turner MP (@Karl Turner MP) 1639560184
"Let them eat #Cheese." https://t.co/5G5v7dwLU4— JPM (@JPM) 1639566034
As mentioned, some people reminded her that Christmas is in ten days so she was a bit quick off the mark to start tucking into the turkey.
Whatever civil servant has been scheduling this tweet accidentally typed 15 instead of 25 didn’t they https://t.co/zEAcPzgnGw— Stephen (@Stephen) 1639565678
Checks date on advent calendar…. https://t.co/bRLPlutg8c— Ant (@Ant) 1639565751
Did someone pop in 15th instead of 25th on the ol' schedule maybe? https://t.co/9OLOHDWGep— Alice (@Alice) 1639566013
Its December 15 https://t.co/ZIsryihyQ6— Ross McCafferty (@Ross McCafferty) 1639565646
And others reminded her about the campaign to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, and asked her what she was doing to make progress regarding her release:
@trussliz Happy Christmas Liz #PartyGate #FreeNazaninNow https://t.co/1qcixApUGO— Lucky Man🇬🇧🇪🇺 (blue tick pending) (@Lucky Man🇬🇧🇪🇺 (blue tick pending)) 1639562039
@trussliz Nazanin thanks you. https://t.co/PQwYwnY5jM— Iain Clucas (@Iain Clucas) 1639562334
@trussliz And what precisely have you done to make it a merry Christmas for Nazanin and her family? I'll wait.— Lesley Piearcey💙 (@Lesley Piearcey💙) 1639562387
Say what you like about her, we can always trust Truss to be a walking talking meme.