Before her 49-day stint as Prime Minister saw her forever associated with a wilting lettuce, the food items most likely to be conjured up by the name “Liz Truss” was undoubtedly pork and cheese.
“In December I’ll be in Beijing, opening up new pork markets!” a wide-eyed Truss told the Conservative Party Conference in 2014 before waiting awkwardly for applause. In another moment almost as cringeworthy, the then Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs also called it “a disgrace” that Britain imported two-thirds of its cheese.
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