Liz Truss slammed over ‘disgraceful’ Christmas Day confession
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss sparked fierce debate after telling LBC’s Nick Ferrari that Yorkshire puddings should never be served with turkey in a Christmas dinner
Liz Truss makes shocking Xmas dinner confession on LBC
Liz Truss has been slammed over her ‘disgraceful’ Christmas dinner confession – but others have claimed it’s the ‘most sensible thing I’ve ever heard her say’.
The Tory former Prime Minister joined Nick Ferrari on his LBC radio programme to chat about how her family tackles Christmas Day dinner preparations – and made a surprising admission about what’s on her plate on December 25.
After Liz Truss revealed that her husband, accountant Hugh O’Leary, would be cooking the turkey this year, Ferrari asked: “What do you do then? Do you do the spuds? Do you do the Yorkshires?”
Truss confirmed: “Yeah I do the spuds,” before firmly declaring: “There are no Yorkshires.”
Shaking her head, she insisted: “I don’t believe in that for Christmas Day.”
Apparently startled by her admission Ferrari pressed: “Hang on, you’ve got Yorkshire background!”
Truss went on to explain that she believed Yorkshire puddings should only accompany roast beef, adding: “I don’t believe it should go with turkey. I think that’s wrong.”
However, she did say one British Christmas tradition would be alive and well in their home – a glass of Buck’s Fizz enjoyed early in the festivities.
Her comments sparked a fevered debate among viewers, with one branding it a “disgrace”, while others – much to Ferrari’s potential surprise – said they agreed with her stance on Yorkshire Puddings.
One penned: “Sorry, Liz is correct. Yorkshire pudding only with beef, never with anything else.”
Another chimed in: “To be fair, for once, Liz Truss is correct. Yorkies don’t go on a Christmas dinner.”
And another declared: “That’s the most sensible thing I’ve ever heard her say. There should be no Yorkshire pudding with Christmas dinner. Nor cauliflower cheese!”.
The debate over whether Yorkshire Puddings – a staple of the traditional Sunday roast – belong on a Christmas dinner has raged for many years.
A YouGov poll last month found that just under half of Britons said they would add Yorkshire puddings to the Christmas dinner table, with this rising to 68% of those having roast beef, rather than turkey.
Former royal butler Grant Harrold has previously said that King Charles and family would be unlikely to include Yorkshires on their plate at Sandringham, as they prefer turkey – but in other kitchens up and down the country it appears a far less controversial choice.
Asked whether he’d serve Yorkshire puddings, Karl Green, head chef of top gastropub The Unruly Pig in Woodbridge, Suffolk, told the Mirror last year: “100% yes! There is no way I would have a Christmas dinner without Yorkshires.”
