Amidst a shortage of tomatoes, Environment secretary Therese Coffey suggested that eating turnips could help bridge the gap. Meanwhile Liz Truss, who had once said a no-deal Brexit would only affect a few farmers with turnips, warned that authoritarian regimes were trying to create a new world order. And Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab had previously been accused of hurling tomatoes in a fit of rage. The title is a quote from the Spitting Image sketch with Margaret Thatcher.