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Starmer defends sandwiches as Badenoch says they are 'not real food' [yep, real headline] (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Mainly sharing because of how insane Badenoch is. 'Shall I tell everyone I skip lunch and just eat steak at my desk? Yes, that'll make me seem relatable.'

EDIT: Huh, the headline in the article is different from the one on the homepage, so now I seem insane. Touché, Kemi.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

OH MY GOD WHO CARES NOBODY CAN AFFORD SANDWICHES ANYMORE ANYWAY KEIR please just do your fucking job

[–] TheGrandNagus 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Kemi: Sandwiches aren't real food. Having a lunch break is for whimps! I have people bring me STEAK and I eat it while I work! Also Kier plans on watching Love Actually and I plan to watch DIE HARD!!

(After being questioned) Kier's spokesperson: Quite weird you're asking about this, but I know he likes tuna sandwiches and the occasional cheese toastie...

You: omg how could Kier do this?? He's not a serious politician

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Didn't read the article, because the headline didn't exactly give me hope that it wasn't going to be a waste of time. Both it, and the excerpt, also infer Starmer responded directly.

[–] davidagain 4 points 4 days ago

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah who cares about facts. If you don't read the article you can just decide what it said all on your own and then complain about that

[–] TheGrandNagus 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It really doesn't. The spokesperson says "I think..."

It's clearly not words from Starmer. He did not respond directly. Or seemingly even indirectly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

We might be talking about different things, I realise -- when I said "the headline" and "the excerpt", I meant the title and excerpt of the post, which says "PM says they are a British institution" (in the excerpt), and "Starmer defends sandwiches" (in the title). Sorry, I could've been clearer on that!