Starmer and Badenoch’s lunchtime sandwich split

Some voters complain that politicians are all the same but now a clear difference has emerged between the leaders of the two main parties.

In an interview with The Spectator, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said: “Lunch is for vulnerable people. I’ve bought food and I work and eat at the same time.”

“There’s no time… sometimes I’ll have a steak… I’m not a sandwich person. I don’t think a sandwich is a real food, it’s what you have for breakfast.”

Asked about his comments, Number 10 said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer sees the sandwich as a “great British institution”.

“I think he was surprised to hear that the leader of the opposition had brought steak for lunch.

“The Prime Minister is quite happy with the sandwich lunch.”

The spokesperson said Starmer “enjoys tuna sandwiches and the occasional cheese toastie”.

Responding to the criticism, Badenoch wrote on social media: “The Prime Minister has time to respond to my jokes about lunch… but no time for the farmers who grow our food “

Badenoch is not alone in her deep dislike of the sandwich.

Earlier this month, actor Anna Maxwell Martin told The Sun: “If I’m on set and a sandwich is brought in – it’s hard for me to even say the word – I have to say ‘Take it out’.”

Examining their food preferences may leave some politicians indecisive.

In 2009, then Prime Minister Gordon Brown dodged repeated questions from parenting website Mumsnet about his favorite biscuit. He later said that he “likes anything with a little bit of chocolate”.

In 1979, Margaret Thatcher adopted a diet of 28 eggs per week to boost her successful general election campaign.

He also used food as a diplomatic tool and refused to recess for dinner at a European Council meeting until a decision was made.

Rishi Sunak would sometimes abstain from food altogether, telling the BBC that fasting once a week was “an important discipline for me”.

“This means I can enjoy all the sweet things I want for the rest of the week.”