Some voters complain that politicians are all the same, but now there is a clear difference between the two main leaders of the party.
In an interview with The Spectator, Conservative Party leader Cammy Badenoch said: “Lunch is for wimps. I’ve bought the food and I work and eat as well.
“There’s no time… sometimes I’ll get a steak… I’m not a sandwich person. I don’t think a sandwich is a real meal, it It’s what you eat for breakfast.”
Asked about his comments, No 10 said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer saw the sandwich as a “great British institution”.
“I think he was surprised to hear that the opposition leader had a steak for lunch.
“The Prime Minister is quite happy with the sandwich lunch.”
The spokesperson added that Starmer “enjoys a tuna sandwich and the occasional cheese toastie”.
Responding to the dig, Badenoch wrote on social media: “The Prime Minister has time to respond to my jokes about lunch… but no time for the farmers who produce our food.”
Badenoch is not alone in his 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 out — it’s hard for me to even say the word — I have to say ‘get out’.”
Scrutiny of their food preferences can leave some politicians in a state of indecisiveness.
In 2009, then Prime Minister Gordon Brown deflected repeated questions from parenting website Mumsnet about his favorite biscuit. She later said she likes “anything with a little chocolate”.
In 1979, Margaret Thatcher adopted a 28-egg-a-week diet to help fuel her successful general election campaign.
He also used food as a diplomatic tool, refusing to allow the European Council to break for dinner until a decision was made.
Rishi Sink sometimes abstained from food altogether, telling the BBC that fasting once a week was “an important discipline for me”.
“This means I can then indulge myself in all the sweet treats I love for the rest of the week.”