By Isobel Dickinson
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Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said he would love to be remembered as an onion – not a lettuce. The Daily Star has left politicians all over the country quaking in their boots and fearing they could be compared to a limp leaf at any moment if they fail. In an exclusive chat the Health Secretary revealed if he did have to pick a veg to be remembered by, it would be the pungent peeler. But it’s not because he wants to make people cry. Mr Streeting told us at the Labour Conference: “Well that’s the first time I’ve been asked that question. Let me think. I think it would have to be an onion, because I’ve got many layers”. Mr Streeting once blasted former Tory PM Rishi Sunak for being beaten by a politician who was beaten by a lettuce. He said: “Liz Truss was beaten by a lettuce so that was a low bar, but it’s also important for us to bear in mind that Rishi Sunak was beaten by Liz Truss who was beaten by a lettuce”. Politicians have been quaking in their boots since Liz was famously outlasted by the Daily Star’s trusty vegetable in 2022. The lettuce managed to endure longer than Liz – who was the UK’s shortest-serving prime minister ever at just 49 days in the top job. Ahead of the start of this week’s Labour Party Conference, party figures attempted to discredit Andy Burnham by comparing him to Lettuce Liz Truss. They shared a mashup image of the pair as they stepped up attacks on the Manchester Mayor, claiming he would wreck the economy if he took over rival PM Sir Keir Starmer. It sparked Lettuce Liz to herself write: “He should be so lucky.” Liz isn’t the only politician to have been slapped with the lettuce label. In January Rachel Reeves was branded our Lettuce 2.0 as she fought back against calls for her to resign over economic turmoil. The Chancellor said at the time “I’m not going to let them get me down” and insisted she was in her job for the “long haul”. It came hours after it emerged that the British economy had grown by just 0.1% in the previous three months. WES Streeting says he would be an onion if he could choose to be a vegetable. Let’s just hope his policies don’t make us cry! For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletters .
