Oh no, wait – she’s been blaming it all on the weather and denying there are market failures in any food sector. Therese Coffey, "A lot of people would be eating turnips right now, rather than lettuce and tomatoes." Marie Antoinette, 1789: "Let them eat cake"Therese Coffey, 2023: "Let them eat turnip" pic.twitter.com/mCUDpTiZ8z — dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@mrdavemacleod) February 23, 20235. Due to a shortage of cucumbers, sex education classes in the UK will have to use turnips instead, which could lead to body confidence issues in boys. This would be like if we ran out of Viennettas and were told "have you considered turnips instead…?"

Source: The Times February 24, 2023 23:06 UTC