The Tory leader says lunch is for wimps and sandwiches are not “real food” whereas the Prime Minister likes a cheese toastie
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch (Image: Getty)
Keir Starmer likes to chomp on a cheese toastie and views the sandwich as a “great British institution”, Downing Street has said.
The Prime Minister is also fond of a tuna sarnie for lunch.
Sir Keir’s lunchtime fancies were revealed after Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said lunch breaks are for “wimps”.
Ms Badenoch admitted that instead she sometimes eats steak as she works, dismissing sandwiches as “what you have for breakfast”.
Describing her daily routine in an interview with The Spectator Ms Badenoch said: “What’s a lunch break? Lunch is for wimps. I have food brought in and I work and eat at the same time.”
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She went on to say she is “not a sandwich person”, sometimes getting a steak. The Tory leader went on: “I don’t think sandwiches are a real food, it’s what you have for breakfast.”
She added that she “will not touch bread if it’s moist”.
Asked whether the Prime Minister agrees with the Tory leader that sandwiches are “not real food” his official spokesman 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.”
The spokesman described the sandwich as a “great British institution” which, according to the British Sandwich Association, brings in £8 billion a year to the UK economy.
Asked what the Prime Minister’s favourite sandwich is, the spokesman said: “I think he enjoys a tuna sandwich and occasionally a cheese toastie.”
Ms Badenoch later hit back, posting on X: “The PM has time to respond to my jokes about lunch…but no time for the farmers who produce our food.
“He refused to answer questions because he doesn’t care. It’s an ideological attack on farmers and will destroy lives.
“The Conservatives will reverse his cruel Family Farm Tax.”
Also in the Spectator interview the Tory leader attacked Sir Keir for saying that he might watch Love Actually over Christmas, adding that she prefers watching Die Hard over the festive period.
“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 said.
