Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch dismissed the beloved British lunchtime as 'not real food' and people have still not let it go - and below Ed Miliband shares his own rebuttle

Ed Miliband, once infamous for the way he ate a bacon sandwich, has given his verdict on Kemi Badenoch’s opinions regarding lunch. The Conservative leader told the Spectator that sandwiches are “not real food” and declared lunch as “for wimps.

Keir Starmer has stepped in to defend sandwiches, after Kemi Badenoch said they are “not a real food”. The Conservative Party leader and prime minister have been sparring over sandwiches, with Kemi Badenoch telling the Spectator: “I’m not a sandwich person, I don’t think sandwiches are a real food, it’s what you have for breakfast”.

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Energy Secretary Ed Miliband told Sky News' Anna Jones he hopes to persuade Tory leader Kemi Badenoch of 'the delights of a bacon sandwich' after she dismissed them as not 'real food'

The Tory leader says lunch is for wimps and sandwiches are not "real food" whereas the Prime Minister likes a cheese toastie

Kemi Badenoch has hit out at the idea of sandwiches, saying she doesn’t consider them to be a real food as she declared lunchtime is ‘for wimps’. In an interview with The Spectator to mark her first month as leader of the opposition,