Liz Truss famously lost out to a lettuce when measuring her tenure as PM and the Conservatives want to ensure any of the current leadership contenders will fare better when compared to a range of garden produce. Indeed, they don’t want to rule out the possibility of electing say a turnip if it can outperform any or all of the candidates.
There is also the question of whether they fare better in or out of a fridge. Boris Johnson tested this out, somewhat inconclusively, during the 2019 election campaign. Chilled or not probably remains a question for another debate.
For their part the Tory hopefuls have to prove they know their onions, even if they can’t outlast them and it all ends in tears.
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