Liz Truss mocked 'RIP Jimmy Savile' tweet which is STILL online after 11 years

Moments before Truss was announced as the country's new prime minister this afternoon, an undeleted tweet she made about pedophile Jimmy Savile resurfaced on social media

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Liz Truss has been mocked online after an old tweet emerged in which she mourned the death of pedophile Jimmy Savile.

The former foreign secretary was announced as the new prime minister this afternoon, after beating rival Rishi Sunak in a contest to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party.

But moments before the announcement, an undeleted tweet she made about Savile after his death resurfaced on social media.

On October 29, 2011, Truss tweeted: "Used to see Jimmy Savile at the Flying Pizza on Street Lane, Roundhay. Always in a good mood. RIP."

Retweeting the decade-old tweet, comedian James Felton wrote, "This excellent judge of character is about to choose the firm."

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In a second tweet, he added: 'If I were Prime Minister I would consider deleting my 'I'm sad the notorious pedophile is dead' tweet.

Lots of people commented on social media, with one saying, "There's always a tweet."

Another added: "Liz Truss can't even manage a Twitter account, let alone a country."

Another wrote, "I'm not sure Saville's reputation ever fully recovered from his association with Liz."

The tweet had already...