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    'A Great British institution': Starmer defends the sandwich after Badenoch says lunchbox staple is 'not real food'
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    ‘A Great British institution’: Starmer defends the sandwich after Badenoch says lunchbox staple is ‘not real food’

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    2. No-Strike-4560 on

      Please for the love of fuck somebody wake me up from this nightmare. I’m dreaming that the prime minister and leader of the opposition are arguing about sandwiches. Somebody ? Anybody … Please ?

    3. Marcuse0 on

      Debased politics. Neither of them are willing to admit both their parties have been managing the decline of this country for decades and they have no excuses to give to the public any more. So this is the result. Arguments between politicians about sandwiches.

    4. socratic-meth on

      > “There is a British prime minister who’s messing around and is not doing the foreign policy properly, people are cheating and there is a lot going on there if you move away from the smiley, happy, cheesy stuff,” she told The Spectator.

      Incoherent nonsense. Surprised she managed to even get a job at McDonald’s (allegedly)

    5. sweetvioletapril on

      This is where the infantilization of society leads us to, half-baked politicians having exchanges like this. Where are the statesmen, or women, debating important, relevant topics? How can anyone take these people seriously, as they exchange their banal, childish chit-chat? They deserve to be mocked, and demean the offices they hold.

    6. greylord123 on

      The whole “lunch breaks are for wimps. Just eat at your desk” comment fucks me off not because she’s implying that people shouldn’t have a break but she’s implying that everyone has the option to eat at their desk.

      I work in a factory and we can’t eat on the shop floor. The only place you are allowed to eat is the canteen.

      What does she want me to do? If I can’t have a lunch break and just eat while I work then where the fuck do I eat.

    7. De_Dominator69 on

      Just saw the headline:

      >Kemi Badenoch’s war on sandwiches is a war on what makes this country great

      Which started with:

      >Kemi Badenoch may not like immigrants or Doctor Who very much but when she starts taking on sandwiches, that’s when we really have to start speaking up against her.

      “I could ignore everything until now but SANDWICHES IS WHERE I DRAW THE LINE!!”

      I don’t if this is some sort of political stunt with an ulterior motive or if Badenoch has just lost her marbles but this is comedy gold. I will leave her to her lunchtime steak and go enjoy a sandwich for a very late breakfast.

    8. Emotional-Ebb8321 on

      Glad to see our incredible leaders are debating the really important issues of the day.

    9. concretepigeon on

      Number 10’s press office need to learn not to respond to every asinine question from the press. Starmer promised a politics that treads more lightly on our lives but they can’t help but bite when asked his opinion on Greg Wallace.

    10. UnoriginalWebHandle on

      Somebody please mention to Badenoch that steak sandwiches exist, and film her head exploding.

    11. limaconnect77 on

      Given the current state of food and beverage prices, not everyone can afford port/swan’s blood and venison on the regular…

    12. PracticalEffect6105 on

      We elected these people to debate…*checks notes*… the legitimacy of a sandwich as lunch time food

      We are staring down the barrel of a winter of discontent people and our leadership are debating sandwiches 

    13. geekroick on

      He shouldn’t be bothered about defending the sandwich but he *should* be bothered about ensuring people do actually take their lunch breaks instead of subscribing to this ridiculous (and potentially dangerous *and* illegal!) ethos of lunch breaks being for wimps.

      Seeing as how he’s supposed to be the leader of the party that traditionally claimed to represent the working class. Every working class person I know actually *values* their lunch breaks. Including me.

    14. SarcasticSmorge on

      Feels weird the side claiming “the boat people” are coming to destroy our way of life will spit on the Earl of Sandwich like this.
      They came for everyone else, and I said nothing, now they have come for my sandwiches and there is no one left to speak out for me.

    16. Agreeable_Falcon1044 on

      I want to hear from the Daily Mail, as they literally said last week that the tofu eating wokerati were waging war on the sandwich by shunning traditional sandwiches like ham and mustard. So….does that mean Badenoch is the tofu eating wokerati (but the manservant brought her a steak by accident)?

    18. godsgunsandgoats on

      These two absolute plumbs just handing votes to Farage. What the fuck is this nonsense.

    20. sssjabroka on

      Kemikaze gets meat juice all over her desk and makes the intern lick it up, she’s a kinky fucker. The only sandwich she likes is when she’s the filling for when her order of big boys in boots gets delivered to her office. I’ll bet her loaf is sopping!

    21. Numerous-Log9172 on

      I’ve literally lost interest in the tories since the election. This is the first headline about them I remeber… What an out of touch person… Country’s in the shit, people can’t afford bills, but she can have her steak for lunch, and no doubt not pay for it! Am I the only one?

    24. bateau_du_gateau on

      Sandwiches, as invented by the Earl of Sandwich, are a quintessential British food and no one who says otherwise is to be trusted

    26. Martian_Manhumper on

      More crap from the death cult. deprivation, deprivation, deprivation! They were one step away from reinstating workhouses before the election. Jacob Grease Mug was rubbing his crotch with glee.

      Badenoch will say whatever she thinks the hardliners want to hear.

    27. Comfortable_Detail_1 on

      I’m sorry, this f…ers are paid with our tax money to discuss if a sandwich is a good meal or not??? While everything else is falling apart? Oh Bella ciao…

    28. AshleyG1 on

      Ah yes. Starmer standing tall on the big issues…ask him another…how about supplying weapons to the Israelis?

    30. TrustyWorthyJudas on

      Someone tell the earl of Sandwich to rally his men, and get ready for tomorrow, for in the morning we ride to London where we will feast on our enemies between 2 slices of bread.

    32. NerdOnTheStr33t on

      Imagine being this disconnected from society that you argue that steak is an appropriate lunchtime meal at the same time as dissing sandwiches, something which 56% of the UK’s population eats AT LEAST ONCE PER DAY!!

      S’cuse the pun but she’s out to lunch.

      Is Truss her new PR advisor?

    33. endsmeeting on

      Honestly I think this is pretty funny. I mean it probably took all of a minute for KS to respond to show how silly the lunch talking points are so it’s hardly distracting from actual work. Honestly I’d like to hope that KB was joking too, having a bit of banter and normality in politics would be good, but she does seem a little bit intense so maybe not.

    34. h00dman on

      I do love the complete lack of imagination of Redditors.

      This situation couldn’t possibly just be two off the cuff remarks. No, clearly both the PM and the LOTO striped everything they were doing for several hours to discuss this.

    35. Less-Badger-7064 on

      And yet we keep voting for these two parties… 

      I will never understand the average person.