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Some voters complain that politicians are all the same but now a clear difference has emerged between the two main party leaders. <\/p>\n

In an interview with The Spectator,<\/a> Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said: “Lunch is for wimps. I have food bought in and I work and eat at the same time.<\/p>\n

“There’s no time… sometimes I will get a steak… I’m not a sandwich person. I don’t think sandwiches are a real food, it’s what you have for breakfast.” <\/p>\n

Asked about her comments, No 10 said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer viewed sandwiches as a “great British institution”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I think he was surprised to hear that the leader of the opposition has a steak brought in for lunch.<\/p>\n

“The prime minister is quite happy with a sandwich lunch.”<\/p>\n

The spokesman added that Starmer “enjoys a tuna sandwich, and occasionally a cheese toastie”.<\/p>\n

Responding to the dig, Badenoch wrote on social media: “The PM has time to respond to my jokes about lunch\u2026 but no time for the farmers who produce our food.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Badenoch is not alone in her deep dislike of sandwiches. <\/p>\n

Earlier this month, actor Anna Maxwell Martin told The Sun<\/a>: “If I’m on a set and sandwiches are brought on \u2014 it’s hard for me to even say that word \u2014 I’d have to say ‘get that out’.”<\/p>\n

Scrutiny of their food preferences can lead some politicians into a state of indecision. <\/p>\n

In 2009, then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown dodged repeated questions from parenting website Mumsnet about his favourite biscuit. He later said he liked “anything with a bit of chocolate”. <\/p>\n

In 1979, Margaret Thatcher adopted a diet consisting of 28 eggs a week to help fuel her successful general election campaign. <\/p>\n

She also used food as a diplomatic tool, refusing to allow a break for dinner at a European Council meeting until a decision had been made. <\/p>\n

Rishi Sunak sometimes abstained from food altogether, telling the BBC that fasting once a week was “an important discipline for me”. <\/p>\n

“It means that I can then indulge myself in all the sugary treats I like for the rest of the week.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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