"Can Liz Truss last longer than this salad?" The British tabloid "Daily Star" asked this question on Friday and set up a live broadcast on YouTube, on which a photo of the Prime Minister can be seen next to a head of lettuce with eyes glued on. The Economist magazine recently certified Truss as having the shelf life of a salad in view of the rapidly developing government crisis.

After Truss fired her finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, after just over five weeks on Friday and carried out a U-turn in tax policy, speculation increased that she, too, could soon be out of office.

This was preceded by a crisis on the financial markets, which Truss and Kwarteng had triggered by announcing massive tax breaks without any plans for counter-financing. Truss reversed parts of the tax plans on Friday.

Live cam broadcast of the "Daily Star"