> Britain’s Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch kicked off a heated political debate about a lunchtime favorite Thursday after declaring that sandwiches are not “a real food.”Badenoch revealed her deep disdain for the bread-and-filling staple in an interview with the Spectator, in which she declared herself too busy to eat lunch — but conceded she will sometimes “have a steak.”Prime Minister Keir Starmer — who leads a country grappling with a stagnant economy, straining public services and multiple crises abroad — in turn accused Badenoch of talking down a “Great British institution.”
> The Spectator asked the Tory leader — elected to the head of the UK opposition party in November — if she ever took a lunch break. “What’s a lunch break? Lunch is for wimps,” she shot back. “I have food brought in and I work and eat at the same time. There’s no time … Sometimes I will get a steak.”Badenoch added: “I’m not a sandwich person, I don’t think sandwiches are a real food, it’s what you have for breakfast.” The Tory leader went on to confirm that she “will not touch bread if it’s moist.”
> That prompted a patriotic pushback from Starmer’s official spokesperson. Asked by Westminster’s deadly serious journalists about the prime minister’s views on sandwiches Thursday, the spokesperson said: “I think he was surprised to hear that the leader of the opposition has a steak brought in for lunch. The prime minister is quite happy with a sandwich lunch.”They said the sandwich is a “great British institution” — and cited figures from the British Sandwich Association suggesting the food raises £8 billion a year for the UK economy.
> It’s not the first time sandwiches have dominated British political discourse. Then-Labour Leader Ed Miliband was snapped on the 2015 campaign trail awkwardly eating a bacon sandwich, in a moment that was used by the Conservatives to suggest he was out of touch with ordinary Brits. Liz Truss, Britain’s former prime minister, was also unfavorably compared to a popular sandwich filling during her brief time as prime minister. Starmer “enjoys a tuna sandwich and occasionally a cheese toastie,” his spokesperson said Thursday.
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Meanwhile, in the British corner of the sub…
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Sandwiches are the only things that get me out of bed in the morning.
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Tough talk from someone from the country with an actual Earl of Sandwhich
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> Britain’s Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch kicked off a heated political debate about a lunchtime favorite Thursday after declaring that sandwiches are not “a real food.”Badenoch revealed her deep disdain for the bread-and-filling staple in an interview with the Spectator, in which she declared herself too busy to eat lunch — but conceded she will sometimes “have a steak.”Prime Minister Keir Starmer — who leads a country grappling with a stagnant economy, straining public services and multiple crises abroad — in turn accused Badenoch of talking down a “Great British institution.”
> The Spectator asked the Tory leader — elected to the head of the UK opposition party in November — if she ever took a lunch break. “What’s a lunch break? Lunch is for wimps,” she shot back. “I have food brought in and I work and eat at the same time. There’s no time … Sometimes I will get a steak.”Badenoch added: “I’m not a sandwich person, I don’t think sandwiches are a real food, it’s what you have for breakfast.” The Tory leader went on to confirm that she “will not touch bread if it’s moist.”
> That prompted a patriotic pushback from Starmer’s official spokesperson. Asked by Westminster’s deadly serious journalists about the prime minister’s views on sandwiches Thursday, the spokesperson said: “I think he was surprised to hear that the leader of the opposition has a steak brought in for lunch. The prime minister is quite happy with a sandwich lunch.”They said the sandwich is a “great British institution” — and cited figures from the British Sandwich Association suggesting the food raises £8 billion a year for the UK economy.
> It’s not the first time sandwiches have dominated British political discourse. Then-Labour Leader Ed Miliband was snapped on the 2015 campaign trail awkwardly eating a bacon sandwich, in a moment that was used by the Conservatives to suggest he was out of touch with ordinary Brits. Liz Truss, Britain’s former prime minister, was also unfavorably compared to a popular sandwich filling during her brief time as prime minister. Starmer “enjoys a tuna sandwich and occasionally a cheese toastie,” his spokesperson said Thursday.
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Meanwhile, in the British corner of the sub…
Sandwiches are the only things that get me out of bed in the morning.
Tough talk from someone from the country with an actual Earl of Sandwhich